According to Le Quang Trung, deputy head of MoLISA’s Employment Department, the domestic labor market is witnessing a positive movement from untrained workers to skilled ones.

Workers at Da Nang city's 29/3 Textiles Company. Vietnam’s textile industry is expected to take advantage of the CPTPP agreement in 2019.

Among 56 million workers in 2019, unqualified workers will account for 26.5 percent of the labor market, while the percentages of personal service workers and mechanics are 31.6 percent and 12.4 percent, respectively.

Trung said that foreign-invested businesses have high demand for employees in 2019.

Moreover, the fourth industrial revolution is having an impact on Vietnam’s labor market, especially in the field of information technology.

On the other hand, some sectors including printing, engine and machine assembly, irrigation and food processing are struggling to recruit workers.

A survey by VietnamWorks shows that 74 percent of employers say their labour demands will increase.

The top 10 in-demand sectors in 2019 include finance and investment, sales, administration, IT and software, marketing, customer service, internet and online media, auditing and construction.

Experts predict that at the beginning of this year, some companies in home electronics, real estate and agriculture will enter Vietnam’s market, offering employment opportunities and increasing foreign development investment.

According to VietnamWorks, most companies in the north are willing to expand production, especially those in electricity and electronics in Hai Phong city and and Bac Ninh province in the northern region.

Additionally, several manufacturing businesses will come into operation in 2019.

Vietnam’s textile industry will take advantage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by accelerating exports.

Simultaneously, the competitive labour market will attract more FDI and create more jobs.

More than 30,000 new jobs created to Bac Giang laborers

(BGO) - According to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA), more than 30,000 laborers have been recruited in the northern province of Bac Giang, up 3.4 percent against the target of 2018. 

 

Vietnam Siflex crowns champions of Football Championship for Industrial Parks’ labors

(BGO) – The Trade Union of the Industrial Parks in the northern province of Bac Giang on November 11 held the closing and awarding ceremony to the football teams with achievement in the first Male Football Championship for the Industrial Parks’ workers, staff and labors in 2018 in Bich Dong town, Viet Yen district (Bac Giang province). 

 

Labors benefit from enterprises’ due attention to cultural and spiritual life

(BGO) – Apart from many activities launched by the trade unions, several enterprises operating at the Industrial Parks (IP) in the northern province of Bac Giang has paid due attention to building the cultural system, organizing art performances and sports events to improve the cultural and spiritual life for the workers after finishing their shifts.

 

Vietnam wants to foster collaboration with UAE: PM

The Vietnamese Government always wishes to bolster its cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all aspects based on each side’s potential, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told new UAE Ambassador to Vietnam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri in Hanoi on July 27.

 

Vietnam, Argentina forge stronger collaboration

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Jorge Faurie in Hanoi on July 30, aiming to seek ways to boost bilateral ties.

 

Source: VNA