More than 776,900 jobs were created in the first six months of 2019, a year-on-year decline of 1.1 percent, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) reported at a press conference in Hanoi on July 2
Nearly 67,000 people were sent to work abroad under fixed-term contracts, up 10.5 percent against the same period last year.
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According to MoLISA, the sector will push ahead with vocational training reforms in the remainder of 2019 and improve the quality of human resources as well as develop the labour market and pay more attention to career guidance.
The ministry will increase the application of information technology in the field and connect the supply of human resources in the country with the Southeast Asian and international labour market.
Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep said many business associations suggested enterprises operating in heavy industry and hazardous sectors and occupations should contribute to the unemployment and occupational disease insurance fund.
Up to 130,000 new jobs expected in HCM City in 2019
As many as 320,000 job vacancies are expected in the southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City next year, said Tran Anh Tuan, Vice Director of the city’s Human Resources Forecasting and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.
CPTPP could create 27,000 jobs in Vietnam each year
Joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will help create 17,000-27,000 jobs each year for Vietnamese workers from 2020, Director of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs Dao Quang Vinh has said.
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.
Source: VNA
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