By Allan Dow, ILO.
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam – The rainy season is lashing southern Viet Nam and for garment factory worker Dang Thu Hoan that means a very wet 20-minute ride to work on her motorcycle. Navigating the city’s wide but traffic-clogged boulevards, she is among hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese women who will help produce around US$13 billion in textile export revenues for Viet Nam this year.
The factories range in size from a few hundred employees to several thousand. The work can be hard with constant pressure to complete the jobs quickly and without mistakes. Ms Dang works a nine-hour shift, six days a week at the Viet Thinh garment factory, earning the daily equivalent of US$8 (twice the daily minimum wage) plus benefits. She believes it’s a fair deal.
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