Despite the vast research by researchers on Vietnam's wildcat strike, little is known of the perspective of the Southern Focal Economic Zone. The overall reason that emerges from the literature included: (1) raising wages for workers; (2) contributing to social security for workers; (3) and paying a seniority allowance. The aim of the present research is to figure out the reasons for the current wildcat strikes among Vietnamese blue-collar workers. A group of 936 Vietnamese blue-collar workers (387 males and 549 females) from four Southern Vietnam cities participated in the survey. They completed the Reasons are given for Wildcat Strikes questionnaire. The descriptive results showed that the highest mean among those reasons is ‘‘Labor regulations at the company are too strict’’. The result of this research emphasizes the impact of each reason by investigating nonoffice workers’ perspective so as to predict which the potential reasons are for future strikes in Southern Vietnam.
The transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy has created favorable conditions for many businesses, especially foreign direct invested enterprises. This process has created a completely different environment for labor relations in enterprises. Accordingly, the relations between employees and employers are no longer in similar forms or can be adjusted by state administrative interventions as before. The difference in benefits between employers and employees is becoming more and more significant, which is reflected the most in the number of strikes and labor disputes that have been continuously increasing and happening throughout the country over the recent years. Strikes have been happening continuously and increasing in terms of quantity, scale and complexity over the past few years and they have greatly affected business results of enterprises as well as have reversed employees' lives and caused other social problems. According to the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam, since 1995, when the Labor Code took effect, so far, the country has had more than 6,400 strikes, of which those of FDI enterprises account for more than 70%. Among the strikes taken place in FDI enterprises, those occurred in the Southern Key Economic Zone represented 70% of those that happened in FDI enterprises nationwide.
The article presents the status of trade activities between Vietnam and ASEAN. Based on se on ry t olle te from ASEAN’s St tisti s and the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the article aims to highlight the current practice of goods export and import between Vietnam and ASEAN in the period 1995-2015, such as trade turnover, main import/export commodities and trade market between Vietnam and ASEAN. Results show that Vietnam and ASEAN have made remarkable achievements in the period 1995-2015. However, Vietnam has been experiencing trade deficit with ASEAN. On this basis, the article proposes a number of recommendations to improve the efficiency of trade activities between Vietnam and ASEAN.
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