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.
Global slump pushes communist country from export boom to salary gloom
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)
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.