Keyword: "manual labour"

Under the scorching sun and harsh winds, salt farmers in Tan Mai ward, the central province of Nghe An continue to work tirelessly every day, not only to earn a living but also to preserve their fading-away traditional cultural value.

Australia is looking to recruit Southeast Asian farm workers as the pandemic and a new free-trade deal with the UK exacerbates labour shortages in the nation’s 66 billion AUD (51 billion USD)-a-year agriculture industry, Bloomberg reported.

Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has said Thailand must transform itself into a technology and innovation-driven economy to prepare for the decreasing role of manual labour.