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Hanoi's 100-Bowls-of-Pho Minimum Wage: The ILO's Case for a Living-Wage Reform
Hanoi's Region 1 minimum wage — VND 5.31 million a month — buys about 100 bowls of pho. The calculation comes from an ILO advocacy argument, not a Big Mac-style index. The real point is the gap between Vietnam's minimum wage and what it actually costs to live.
