
Male workers in Vietnam earn more than females in Q1 2025: stats office
Vietnam News 12:30 12/04/2025Male workers in Vietnam earned significantly more than their female counterparts in the first quarter of 2025, despite a rise in overall average income, according to the General Statistics Office’s report on Thursday.

Soaring fuel prices torment app-based drivers in Ho Chi Minh City
Economy 16:39 13/03/2022Many drivers said their income was shrunk by the most recent spike in gasoline prices

Farmers earn extra from seasonal jobs prior to Tet holiday in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 17:57 12/01/2021They work at a workshop that produces decorations and mascot statues for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday

Ho Chi Minh City’s per capita income forecast to hit $9,800 in 2020
Vietnam News 16:04 17/10/2017The city is set to post a yearly GRDP growth rate of 8.5 percent between 2016 and 2020

Vietnam to get out of middle-income trap by 2058: OECD
Economy 19:00 26/09/2014It will take Vietnam 44 years to get out of the middle-income trap, according to a recent forecast of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

An austere Tet for migrant laborers
In-Depth 15:35 02/01/2014A large number of migrant laborers in HCMC can’t wait to celebrate Tet with their families back home, but their meager incomes may prevent them from doing so.

How much do top singers pay in income tax?
Travel 16:20 16/04/2013Many famed singers who are paid some thousands of US dollars per song paradoxically pay tiny, nominal taxes.