There Is No End To The Strike Of Vietnamese Shoe Workers.

The strike time in Samil Tong Sang shoemaking factory is unusual in Vietnam. Under normal circumstances, most strikes are settled within a few days by the union officials of the government.

"So far, there has been no progress between workers and companies and no agreement has been reached," said Rangad, vice president of trade union in Shun an County, Pingyang Province, Vietnam.

The trade union is mediating between the company and the workers who are on strike.

Officers from the police department of Shun an County said that the workers who joined in the strike began to leave their jobs on Thursday to protest peacefully, but they escalated nervously when the company called on the strike workers to threaten them.

The strikers did not agree on the amount of increase they asked for, which increased the difficulty of consultation, officials of the company said.

The Vietnamese state media "labor" reported that most workers demand monthly wage increase of 200 thousand Dong Dong (US $10).

A spokesman for the company's personnel department said the company had paid 1 million 320 thousand Dong Dong / month, 130 thousand higher than the minimum wage set by the government.

Negotiations between labor officials and companies continued on Wednesday.

According to the Ministry of labour, 96 autonomous strikes took place in Vietnam in the first quarter of this year.

In 2008, there were 650 strikes, most of them in the textile and clothing sectors, mainly foreign investment companies.