Vietnam
Vietnam's National Wage Council has signed off on a 7.8% average minimum wage increase for 2027. For firms already paying above the legal floor, the real cost isn't base pay — it's the social insurance pegged to the minimum wage. Here's where costs actually rise, and how companies respond.
Vietnam
Average pay of VND 9 million, salaried average of VND 10 million, minimum wage of VND 5.31 million — Vietnam's salary statistics look contradictory. This guide untangles what each number measures, then benchmarks Vietnamese pay against Taiwan.
Labor Market
Vietnam's north-south salary gap is closing fast, but factories still can't hire enough workers — the real divide is generational.
Vietnam Economy
Vietnam's booming economy is leaving behind a growing share of its youth, with 1.6 million young people now outside the workforce and education system.
Workplace Culture
Vietnam's Tet break ends and factory managers across the country face the same annual dread: how many workers actually came back? Ho Chi Minh City alone needs to fill 55,000 positions. The labor scramble is on.
Semiconductors
For the first time, Adecco's annual Vietnam salary guide gives semiconductors their own chapter. IC design leads can earn up to VND 170 million a month. Senior engineers cross VND 100 million. Vietnam's chip talent war finally has a public price list.