An estimate of 54.6 million jobs were added to the Vietnamese workforce in the first three months of 2019, up 0.11 percent from the last quarter of 2018.
The electricity sector sees higher labour demands during January-March. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – An estimate of 54.6 million jobs wereadded to the Vietnamese workforce in the first three months of 2019, up 0.11percent from the last quarter of 2018.
According to an update on the Vietnamese workforce releasedin Hanoi on April 4, a number of sectors saw higher labour demands duringJanuary-March compared to the previous period.
They included the production and distribution ofelectricity, natural gas, hot water, water vapour, and air conditioners (up 18.4percent); finance, banking, and insurance (5.8 percent); and art andentertainment (8.5 percent).
In contrast, others were estimated to have reduced labourdemands, including agro-forestry-fishery (0.8 percent); mining (7.6 percent);and realty (8 percent).
As such, the three-month GDP growth was projected to hit6.58 percent.
The report said in the last quarter of 2018, 54.53 millionpeople secured employment, while the number of the unemployed in the workingage group stood at just over 1 million. The figures represented an increase ofnearly 23,000 people and decrease of 7,600 from the previous period,respectively. –VNA
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The electricity sector sees higher labour demands during January-March. (Photo: VNA) 
