Tag: labor force

Japan led the recruitment with 4,318 workers, followed by Taiwan (China) with 4,265, and South Korea with 1,690.

This launch marks a significant step toward addressing a major challenge faced by both Japan and Vietnam: the elimination of illegal brokers and intermediaries in the process of sending Vietnamese workers to Japan.

Total labor force aged 15 and above estimated at 52.9 million people in Quarter 1

The demand for workers spans various qualification levels, with a slightly higher need for intermediate and technical workers, comprising 25,867 positions.

The labor department will proactively coordinate with various agencies, departments, and organizations to facilitate activities that connect labor supply and demand.

The surge in recruitment is especially pronounced in the services, retail, and manufacturing industries.

A significant number of workers from public service units, affected by the restructuring and streamlining of the State apparatus, will enter the labor market.

Some 63,000 job openings will need to be filled before year’s end.

Due to complex and unpredictable situation, workers may face adverse psychological impacts and unstable employment and living condition.

Unemployment insurance policy in place for 10 years under the Law on Employment.

Vietnam set to be among the three leading countries in ASEAN in workplace productivity growth by 2030.

Target set for over 10,000 Vietnamese workers to be sent to South Korea in 2023.

Vietnam has paid greater attention to the quality of human resources training but it remains limited.

The strengthening of links between enterprises and trainers would bridge the gap between supply and demand, conference discussion hears.

Difficulties facing global economy forecast to continue.

82.3% of surveyed businesses to downsize.

Reduced working hours and unemployment have mostly affected unskilled workers in garments and textiles, leather and footwear, and wood processing.

Only 11.6 per cent of Vietnam’s workforce of 50.74 million are highly skilled.

According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam’s workforce totaled 51.2 million people in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 200,000 over the same period last year, while unemployment stood at around 1.1 million, down nearly 490,000 people compared to the previous quarter. In terms of workforce quality, the number of trained workers in the first quarter represented 26.1 per cent of the total; 0.1 percentage points higher than in the same period last year.