Topic: key industries

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed Directive No. 17/CT-TTg dated October 5, 2022 from the Prime Minister on accelerating the allocation and completion of investment procedures for projects in the medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period. He has called for investment to focus on key industries and sectors and growth poles to improve the efficiency of public investment capital. Leaders from ministries, branches, and localities must direct and inspect projects in accordance with approved planning.

Ho Chi Minh City will focus on developing high-tech industrial parks and industries using a lot of skilled and technical workers in the 2022-2026 period. Human resources demand in four key industries - mechanical engineering, electronics and information technology, food and food processing, and pharmaceutical and rubber chemicals - will total about 70,000 employees, or 23 per cent of the total demand in the period, which is expected at some 320,000 people. Training institutions must regularly update and renew training programs, and training needs to be multidisciplinary, instead of specialized, so that learners can adapt to international integration and Industry 4.0.