VnExpress
Date: June 24, 2020
By: Lam Son   

Employees at Pouyuen Vietnam Co. Ltd leave the company after work on April 8, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.

Sadness tinged with relief and outright despair – emotions run high among workers laid off by Taiwanese shoemaker Pouyuen Vietnam.

Hoang Thi Lien, 45, is worried about her future, but she thinks it could have been worse.

She feels lucky to have received a severance pay of VND178 million (around $7,600) after working for 18 years at the footwear factory in HCMC's Binh Tan District. 

When Pouyuen announced her severance package, she was "moved to tears," Lien said. She had expected to be among those laid off because of her age, as the company scaled down operations over Covid-19 impacts.    [FULL  STORY]