According to an update on the Vietnamese workforce released at the press conference, income of labourers and the rate of trained employees have increased.

During the first quarter, people having jobs numbered 54.32 million, representing a decrease of 0.38 percent against late 2018 but a rise of 0.61 percent year-on-year.

Illustrative image.

Of note, those unemployed were 1,059,000, down 3,280 from late 2018 and 7,980 as compared with the same period last year.

The highest unemployment rate was reported in the Mekong Delta with 2.79 percent. It was followed by north central, central coastal, southeastern, Red River and Central Highlands regions with 2.64, 2.43, 1.68 and 1.27 percent, respectively.

MoLISA Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep said the average unemployment rate was forecast to reach 2 percent in the second quarter.

Such sectors as processing, manufacturing, construction, retail and wholesale will need more labourers.

Meanwhile, the demand for workforce in agriculture, forestry, seafood, mining, finance, banking and insurance is expected to drop, he said.

Vietnam, Italy seek to foster collaboration

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Enzo Moavero Milanesi in Hanoi on May 7.

Bac Giang Labor Confederation inks collaboration agreement with Labor Newspaper

(BGO) - The Labor Confederation in Bac Giang province and Labor News Paper signed the collaboration agreement on fostering propaganda of the workers’ movements and trade union activities in the period from 2019 to 2023. 

24 Bac Giang businesses granted labor export license

(BGO) – To date, Bac Giang province has sent about 25,000 labors abroad, mostly working in Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Malaysia and Middle East area. 

Laborers in industrial zones and clusters resume stable work after Tet

(BGO) - Almost all workers at the industrial parks and clusters in the northern province of Bac Giang returned to work on the first day after the week- long Tet holiday. The stable human resources with a high sense of discipline facilitate implementation of the production and business plans of the enterprises in the new year. 

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam pays visit to Bac Giang’s enterprises and laborers after Tet holiday

(BGO) – On February 11, the Member of the Central Party Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam paid a visit to encourage the enteprises and laborers in the northern province of Bac Giang after 9-day Lunar New Year holiday. He was accompanied by Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Nguyen Van Linh; Vice PPC Chairman Le Anh Duong and Vice President of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Ngo Duy Hieu.  

Source: VNA