In particular, workers in theprocessing - manufacturing industry had average income of 7.3 million VND, risingby some 476,000 VND year on year, while salary earners saw an increase of417,000 VND in their monthly income to 7.4 million VND, Pham Hoai Nam, Directorof the Population and Labour Statistics Department under the General StatisticsOffice, told a press meeting in Hanoi on July 6.
In the second quarter, all the 21 economicsectors recorded year-on-year hikes in workers’ average income, includingmining (9.7 million VND, up 17.1%) and processing - manufacturing (7.4 millionVND, up 12.4%).
He said during 2019 - 2021, workers’income in Q2 often declined from the previous quarter since additional earningscoming from year-end extra work and Lunar New Year bonuses are usually paid inQ1.
However, the situation was differentthis year, when the Q2 average income did not decrease but went up both quarter on quarter and year on year.
It rose by 8.9 percent (about 542,000VND) from the same period of 2021 - when the COVID-19 situation was gettingcomplicated in many localities, and by 19.7 percent (nearly 1.1 million VND)from Q2 of 2020.
This is a sign indicating that theVietnamese economy is growing positively and strongly, Nam noted, adding thatworkers’ life is gradually returning to the pre-pandemic levels./.