Watch for VPAC's Press Release on the current labor exploitation in Vietnam by foreign companies with the tacit approval of the Vietnamese communist government.
Athletic shoes are a billion-dollar business.
Just ask Michael Jordan. In Vietnam, Nike subcontracts with factories that produce over a million shoes a month. These factories employ over 25,000 workers who are nearly all women. The workers at Niketown, Saigon don't share in Nike's huge profits. At that rate, it would take a worker over 3 months to purchase one pair of Nike shoes.