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The Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) has issued a circular on support in housing and production land for poor households in challenging areas. The circular will come into effect from August 15 and specifically stipulates support for production land and job changes for ethnic minority people.

The workforce in Vietnam’s electronics industry currently stands at over 1 million people but they are mostly involved in labor-intensive, low value-added outsourcing and assembly. The shortage of skilled workers remains a major challenge for the industry.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council approved a Resolution on July 8 on the housing development program for the 2021-2030 period. The city will spend more than VND12.4 trillion ($531 million), or 10 per cent of its total budget, on building 93,000 social houses.

An online jobs session for Vietnamese workers in South Korea and Japan returning home will be held on July 21 by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in cooperation with Hanoi, central Quang Nam province, and the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap province. This will be an opportunity for local workers in South Korea and Japan to come home to stable employment and help reduce the number of Vietnamese living illegally in the two countries.

Vietnam’s workforce increased significantly in the second quarter as its economy recovered, especially in the service industry, which rose by 430,000 people compared to the previous quarter and nearly 354,000 people year-on-year. By the end of the second quarter, Vietnam’s workforce aged 15 and over was 51.6 million people.

Nearly 119,000 jobs were created in Hanoi in the first half of 2022, representing 74.3 per cent of the annual plan and up 21.4 per cent year-on-year. In the second half of the year, the capital will continue to implement policies to support workers both in terms of loans as well as training to foster and improve vocational skills.