24,000 Vietnamese workers strike at S. Korean plants over wages

At the Tae Kwang Vina footware company in southern Dong Nai province, almost 20,000 employees refused to work Thursday and Friday, a company employee told AFP, declining to be named.

She said management had agreed that the Tet lunar new year holidays could last eight days “but have not said anything regarding the requests for an increase in basic salary and Tet bonus”.

Tet falls on Feb. 3 in 2011 and is the most important holiday for Vietnamese people.

The employee said basic salary at the South Korean owned plant is now 1.3 million dong a month (US$65). This is roughly in line with what the government says is the country's average monthly income of 1.365 million dong.

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