Thousands of workers have gone on strike in Vietnam, demanding higher wages to match the rising cost of living after inflation surged 27 percent year-on-year last month, media reported yesterday.
Nearly 5,000 laborers downed tools from Friday at the Kingmaker footwear plant in the Vietnam-Singapore industrial zone in southern Binh Duong Province near Ho Chi Minh City, the Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper reported.
The workers at the Hong Kong-invested plant demanded a raise in salaries, which were now about 1 million dong (US$60) per month, and an improvement in the quality of their canteen lunches, the newspaper reported.
More than 1,000 workers have also been on strike since Thursday at a South Korean factory in Long An Province, the Thanh Nien daily said.
Workers have been hit hard by double-digit inflation, worsened by a recent 31 percent gasoline price hike which has driven up costs of other goods and services.
Taxi fares rose 15 percent to 25 percent in Ho Chi Minh City last week.
Fishermen in many provinces have been badly affected by rising fuel prices and some have kept their boats docked rather than voyage out to sea.
Vietnam raised the minimum wage to 540,000 dong on Jan. 1 for state employees.
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