Clear gender impact of COVID-19 on households with members working in textile and apparel, and hospitality industries in Vietnam (13/03/2023)

The COVID-19 pandemic that occurred in 2020 has had a significant impact on the Vietnamese economy as a whole and has had direct effects on two industries: (1) the textile and apparel industry and (2) the hospitality industry. According to a study conducted by the Center for Analysis and Forecasting (under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) in cooperation with CDRI, the prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic until 2022 continue to have repercussions at the household level, particularly for female-headed households, in these two industry groups.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the economy and labor market both recovered strongly, while the gender gap narrowed (13/03/2023)

As the Covid-19 pandemic faded, Vietnam's economy showed clear signs of recovery in 2022, with GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 increasing by 5.9% over the fourth quarter of 2021. This increase is higher than the yoy growth rates of 4.7% and 5.17% in the same period in 2020 and 2021, respectively, but still lower than the growth rate of the fourth quarter of 2011-2019. Vietnam's GDP increased by 8.02% in 2022 over 2021, the highest increase in the period 2011-2022

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Does the Covid-19 pandemic enlarge the gender wage gap among waged workers in Vietnam? (13/03/2023)

Exploiting 2019, 2020, and 2021 labor force survey data of the General Statistics Office to estimate the Mincerian wage model for waged workers in Vietnam, the results show that when controlling for different factors simultaneously, female workers have lower wages than their counterparts. Moreover, compared to before the pandemic (in 2019), the gender wage gap widened during the pandemic (in 2020 and 2021). Furthermore, results confirm social insurance's role in ensuring workers' income during the pandemic. Thus, the government must continue increasing social insurance coverage to ensure better protection for workers against risks occurring in the labor market.

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The economy and labor market performance in the first quarter of 2022: mixed signals (29/08/2022)

There are indications that the economy was improving in the first quarter of 2022

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The gender gap in real income and unpaid care and domestic work narrowed in favor of female workers in the first quarter of 2022 (29/08/2022)

The number of working hours decreased more for male workers than female workers

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RESEARCH FINDINGS - COVID-19 heavily impacts female workers in the textile and garment, and hospitality industrie (28/02/2022)

COVID-19 heavily impacts female workers in the textile and garment, and hospitality industries

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RESEARCH FINDINGS - Workers in the textile and garment, and hospitality industries during the pandemic: Labor income plummeted while the gender gap rising (28/02/2022)

Reported by a research team from the Centre for Analysis and Forecasting (under the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences) working on the research project “The Impact of COVID-19 on Inclusive Development and Democratic Governance: Rapid and Post-Pandemic Assessment in the Mekong Subregion”, which is financially supported by the International Development Research Center (Canada) and coordinated by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (Cambodia). For further information, please contact Dr. Nguyen Thị Thu Phuong, the research coordinator, at pnguyenhanoi2019@gmail.com

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A Gender-Sensitive Assessment of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Households based on a Phone Survey: the Case of Vietnam's Textile, Garment, and Hospitality industries (27/02/2022)

The report was prepared by a research team from the Center for Analysis and Forecasting, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, at the request and with financial and technical support by the National Center for Development Studies (IDRC), and coordinated by Cambodia Development Resources Institute (CDRI). The opinions, analyses, and recommendations contained herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the partner organizations.

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Gender-sensitive assessment of employment and income impacts of the pandemic on textile and garment and hospitality sectors in 2020 (25/02/2022)

This report was prepared by a team comprising Pham Minh Thai, Vu Hoang Dat, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong and Nguyen Thang under the research project “The Impact of COVID-19 on Inclusive Development and Democratic Governance: Rapid and Post-Pandemic Assessment in the Mekong Subregion”. This project is financially supported by the International Development Research Center (Canada) and coordinated by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (Cambodia). The authors received valuable comments from academic advisors, Marzia Fontana (IDS, England), Kyoko Kusakabe (AIT, Thailand) and Jayant Menon (ISEAS, Singapore)

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Poverty and distributional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Case of Textile and Garment, and the Hospitality Sectors in Vietnam (25/02/2022)

This report was prepared by a team comprising of Pham Minh Thai, Vu Hoang Dat, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, and Nguyen Thang under the research project “The Impact of COVID-19 on Inclusive Development and Democratic Governance: Rapid and Post Pandemic Assessment in the Mekong Subregion”, which is financially supported by the International Development Research Center (Canada) and coordinated by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (Cambodia)

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