Vietnamese women continue to get less pay, face discrimination: report

Female workers at a footwear factory in Vietnam's southern Long An Province, July 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Nam

Men get paid more than women at work and women continue to face social barriers in career advancement, a UN Women report says.

The gender wage gap favoring men has persisted and is currently at 13.7 percent for formal workers, according to the Vietnam Country Gender Equality Profile 2021 released this week by UN Women.

Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO) estimates the gender earnings gap at 29.5 percent - 21.5 percent in urban areas and 35.2 percent in rural areas.

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