Binh Duong (VNA) – Lunar New Year (Tet) bonusesfor workers in businesses in southern Binh Duong province will increase by some10 percent from last year, according to a recent survey.
The survey of 244 enterprises, conducted by theprovincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, shows that thehighest bonus, 120 million VND (5,142 USD) per person, will be provided by a foreign invested firm. Meanwhile, 1.5 million VND each willbe the lowest level.
Deputy Director of the department Pham Van Tuyensaid most businesses based in Binh Duong aim to raise salaries and give bonusesto their employees this year.
Many of them also plan to present gifts and bustickets to help workers return to their hometowns for Tet, the biggesttraditional festival of Vietnam that falls in early February this year.
That will help improve workers’ lives and build stronglabour relations, Tuyen added.
Binh Duong is a major industrial hub in thesouthern key economic region. It currently houses 29 industrial parks and 12industrial clusters. The province is home to nearly 3,500 foreign investedprojects with total registered capital of more than 31.7 billion USD, rankingthird just behind the southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City and the capitalcity Hanoi.-VNA