From "fearing machines" to becoming a chain owner
Mr. Quang Duc Viet, born in 1988, from Khoai Chau commune (Hung Yen) is currently an assistant to the Head of Quality Management Department - Denyo Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Nguyen Van Linh commune, Hung Yen province).
Mr. Viet started working as a worker at Denyo Vietnam Co., Ltd. in March 2012. Initially, he did not intend to stick with it for a long time, and had intended to quit his job to go to work abroad because he was not familiar with a disciplined and procedural working environment.
The turning point came at the end of 2014, when he and some workers were selected to train in operating the 2nd factory with the guidance of Japanese experts. From there, he gained more motivation to learn, improve his skills and stick with the business.
In 2015, Mr. Viet was appointed team leader, then successively took on the positions of team leader and many different departments. In 2025, he was appointed assistant Head of Quality Management Department.
Mr. Viet said that today's achievements are thanks to the training support of the company, along with the spirit of proactively learning and supplementing the missing knowledge and skills to meet job requirements.
From a mechanical worker with a basic salary of 2.7 million VND/month, after 14 years, Mr. Viet has an income of more than 20 million VND/month. According to Mr. Viet's sharing, in the process of studying and rising up, the biggest difficulty for workers is applying theory to practice to solve problems arising in work.
Retraining - the "key" to help workers not be left behind
Ms. Bui Thi Nguyet - Chairwoman of the Trade Union of Denyo Vietnam Company (period 2022-2025), staff of the Design - Information Department, currently the company has 209 union members and employees, including many young workers. Over the past time, the grassroots trade union has focused on implementing welfare regimes to ensure the rights of workers; accompanying workers in proposing regimes related to learning, retraining, and vocational training.
After 16 years of operation in Vietnam, Denyo Company has had many rounds of recruiting young workers to expand production. After recruitment, young workers are retrained to meet requirements, thanks to which, many workers from mechanical workers have gained a foothold in a 100% FDI enterprise.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong - former Director of the Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs - said that in many manufacturing enterprises, textiles, garments, and footwear today, the introduction of AI and automation into production is not necessarily to cut down on labor but to optimize processes. Thanks to effective coordination between businesses and trade union organizations, many workers have accessed digital skills classes, basic production data analysis and smart machine operation.
“Advancing technology skills not only helps workers maintain their job positions but also opens up internal promotion opportunities. Workers who are diligent in learning quickly become shift leaders, team leaders - human resources groups that are very "hot" in the labor market” - Ms. Huong said.
Assessing the trend of workers mastering technology in the AI era, Ms. Huong said that when workers are retrained and improve their skills, the added value they create for businesses will be many times higher than manual labor.
Ms. Huong also raised a strategic problem today, which is the relationship between labor productivity and workers' income. "Businesses cannot require workers to increase productivity without a policy to redistribute benefits correspondingly. When workers master technology, help reduce the rate of defective products, save raw materials and increase output, businesses must deduct a part of that profit to increase salaries, bonuses and improve their welfare. This is the most sustainable motivation to stimulate the spirit of self-study and creativity of workers in the digital age" - Ms. Huong affirmed.
