One of Vietnam’s largest shoemakers for brands such as Nike Inc, Adidas AG and Reebok International Ltd is to cut jobs for the third time this year, state media said yesterday, citing a lack of orders.
The Southeast Asian country is among the world’s largest exporters of clothing, footwear and furniture, but its economic growth has been slow in the first half of the year as a slump in demand hits exports.
PouYuen Vietnam Co, a unit of Taiwan-based Pou Chen Group (寶成), is to lay off about 1,200 workers with permanent contracts from the end of this month, VnExpress said, citing a local official in Ho Chi Minh City.
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“PouYuen Vietnam said the job cuts are due to no recovery in terms of orders. Only a few clients made orders,” VnExpress reported.
The firm is among the largest employers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s commercial capital, with an estimated 40,000 workers.
This is the third time this year that it has cut jobs. It announced in May that almost 6,000 workers with permanent contracts would be laid off, after letting go almost 3,000 permanent staff in February.
That came after PouYuen put 20,000 of its workers on paid leave in rotation last year.
More than 217,000 workers lost their jobs in Vietnam during the second quarter of this year, the Vietnamese General Statistics Office said.
They were mainly working to produce textiles, footwear and electronics.
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