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Filipinos banned from working in nine countries
The Philippine labour department stopped the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to nine countries that have not forged bilateral agreements with the Philippines...
Labour costs rising in Southeast Asia
Labour costs in the Southeast Asia region are rising further in 2014, in line with the implementation and increment of minimum wage in a...
Salary rise for Cambodian garment workers
In response to continued protests by thousands of workers, the Cambodian government has decided to increase their current minimum monthly wage from $80 to...
Foreign firms complain about Vietnam
Many foreign firms plan to pull out or scale down business in Vietnam and go to other countries with better business environments, the Vietnamese...
Laos in need for 500,000 skilled workers
The Lao government is alarmed about a serious shortage of skilled human resources in the country as it estimated that 500,000 labourers will be...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...