Some 72 per cent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 per cent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 per cent).

Percentage of female labourers in the labour force of Viet Nam compared with the world, East Asia-Pacific, low middle income countries and Cambodia. 

These figures were revealed in a recently-released report of the Centre for Development and Integration, a Vietnamese non-governmental and non-profit organisation.

The statistics are based on surveys and studies conducted by a network for migrant workers called M.net, set up by Oxfam, with six Vietnamese non-governmental members. Tiếp tục đọc “Despite high number of female Vietnamese labourers, inequality persists” →