The total number of overtime hours for workers in seasonal jobs and manufacturing to order has been capped at 300 hours per year, according to new regulations issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Opinions are unsurprisingly mixed about proposed amendments to the Labor Law that would see the average working week cut by a few hours.

Some amendments to regulations on the management of foreign laborers in Vietnam in the draft revised Labor Law seem unreasonable, said Duong Van Thuan, a consultant at the HCMC Labor Federation’s Legal Consultancy Center.