This year, many businesses allowed their staff to stay at home on the Friday of the holiday week, so they officially resumed operations on January 30.
In Hanoi, by January 27/1, 83 percent of companies that resumed operations after Tet reported around 94.67 percent of their staff had come back to work.
As many as 95 percent of workers in Vietnam’s northern region have returned to work following the Tet Lunar New Year holiday
According to the Trade Union of Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones, no strikes happened after Tet in the locality.
By January 30, 99.6 percent of employees at businesses in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s industrial parks had returned to work.
People who have not yet returned to work may well be seeking other jobs.
All of the 175,000 workers employed in 403 companies in the northern province of Bac Giang’s industrial parks have returned to work.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour reported that the number of strikes sharply fell compared to last Tet.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that recruitment would continue rising in the coming time due to socio-economic improvements.
Businesses nationwide need to recruit some 377,700 workers in the first quarter of this year.
Some sectors are facing decreased orders, including textile, footwear and wood processing. This situation would last until the end of the first quarter of this year.