Vietnam factory malaise raises specter of New Year labor strikes

Global slump pushes communist country from export boom to salary gloom

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Workers head home at quitting time at Nike contractor Changshin in Vietnam, one of five communist countries with a single, national labor union. (Photo by Lien Hoang)

LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer

HO CHI MINH CITY -- The one-two punch of lower wages and inflation heading into the Lunar New Year is raising the prospect of labor unrest in Vietnam as a global economic slump slashes the country's exports.

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