Most new jobs are available in marketing, tourism service, restaurant, sales and mechanics, among others.

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Recruitment demand will increase in January and February as businesses need more employees for seasonal jobs during the calendar and Lunar New Year holidays, mostly cashier, warehouse staff, gift-wrapping and processing worker at supermarkets, waiter and security personnel.

Nguyen Trong Hoang from the HCM City Student Assistance Centre said as many as 100 units in the city have offered nearly 3,000 Tet jobs for students, up 20 percent year-on-year.

Falmi said the recruitment demand in March will focus on skilled labor in the fields of manufacturing, food processing, garments and textiles, footwear, import-export activities, plastic and packaging.

According to Tran Tuan Anh, deputy director of Falmi, HCM City has planned to recruit 320,000 workers, with 130,000 for new jobs. The demand for skilled workers will account for 79.17 percent.

ASEAN pays attention to interests of migrant workers

The ASEAN Safe Migration Campaign was launched in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 12 to call on regional countries as well as the international community to pay attention to the interests of migrant workers who have grown rapidly in recent years.

 

Vietnam sends 140,000 workers abroad in 2018

Vietnam sent more than 140,000 workers to work abroad in 2018, up 7 percent against the previous year, according to the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. 

 

More than 1.1 million new workers registered in 11 months

Firms established in the past 11 months of this year registered the employment of 1.1 million workers, which showed a drop of 4.5 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

 

CPV delegation active at meeting of communist, workers’ parties

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was among 91 communist parties from 73 countries around the world attending the 20th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) in Athens, Greece from November 23 – 25.

 

Nearly 116,700 Vietnamese workers sent abroad in 10 months

Vietnam sent 116,675 workers, including 41,636 females, to foreign countries in the first 10 months of this year, exceeding the yearly plan by 6.07 percent.

 

Source: VNA