Contractors for Nike, Adidas handing out hefty Tet bonuses despite drop in orders

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Workers leave a factory in HCMC's Binh Tan District. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa

 

Despite a decline in orders, several factories with tens of thousands of workers will hand out generous Tet bonuses this year to share the burdens of workers.

 

Ever since she received an announcement that her Tet (Lunar New Year) bonus this year would be 30% higher than last year, Huynh Truc My Kha, 42, an employee of Pouyuen Vietnam Co. in HCMC, has been working without feeling tired.

 

When Kha first heard news that factories were laying off workers right before Tet, she was extremely worried. Pouyuen had earlier announced that 18,000 workers would have to take alternative Saturdays off from December 2022 to February 2023 due to a drop in the number of orders.

 

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