Many FDI firms in the central province of Thanh Hoa are recruiting tens of thousands of labourers. (Photo: VNA) More than 35,000 vacancies are now offered by nearly50 FDI enterprises in the locality.
The provincial Confederation of Labour and theDepartment of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs have coordinated withlocalities to step up the communication work, providing recruitment informationfor labourers.
Trieu Son district has been seen as a bright spot inThanh Hoa in job generation. About six FDI firms based in the locality havecreated stable jobs for more than 10,000 people, each with a monthly wage of5-7 million VND (220-308 USD).
Nguyen Van Hung, head of the district bureau oflabour, invalids and social affairs, said four of the six firms are seeking thousandsof employees.
From now till the end of this year, businesses needaround 7,000 employees and the number would increase to 17,000 by the end of next year, as the companies aim to scale up their operations, the officialsaid.
According to a survey, Trieu Son has more than 9,000workers returning from pandemic-hit areas, and up to 4,000 need vocationaltraining and new jobs, Hung said.
However, with the labour demand of FDI firms in the locality, the returnees wouldget new jobs, he said, adding that the district bureau of labour, invalidsand social affairs has coordinated with townships and communes in the communicationwork.
Nguyen Thi Quyen, chairwoman of the trade union ofAdiana Vietnam Footwear Company Limited in Trieu Son district, said her companyneeds some 5,500 workers. However, there are now about 4,000 employees.
The firm wants to hire 1,500 labourers by the yearend, and even 17,000 once its new factory is put into operation in late 2022.
Adiana will organise a three-month training coursefor unskilled workers, Quyen added.
Meanwhile, Vietnam Kim Viet Footwear Co. Ltd andDream F Vina Co. Ltd are also thirsty for about 2,000 labourers.
Le Dinh Bon, head of the bureau of labour, invalidsand social affairs of Nong Cong district, said his office has contacted adjacentdistricts like Nhu Thanh, Trieu Son and Nghi Son to get insight into labour demandof companies based in the localities.
Vo Manh Son, Chairman of the provincialConfederation of Labour, said Thanh Hoa counts 35 FDI firms that have remainedtheir operations, of which 34 companies have increased shifts for theirlabourers.
Other firms such as Roll Sport Vietnam FootwearLimited, Annora Vietnam Footwear Limited, and Sakurai Vietnam Co. Ltd also needthousands of labourers.
Despite COVID-19 impacts, FDI inflows into Vietnamduring the first nine months of this year rose 4.4 percent year on year to22.15 billion USD, reported the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment.
As of September 20, 12.5 billion USD was poured into1,212 newly-licensed projects, up 20.6 percent in value but the number ofprojects was down 37.8 percent over the same period last year. Meanwhile, 6.6billion USD was added into 678 underway projects, a year-on-year rise of 25.6percent in capital but down 15.8 percent in project number.
Foreign investors also invested nearly 3.2 billionUSD to share purchase deals, down 43.8 percent compared to the same period lastyear.
So far this year, the disbursement of FDI fell 3.5percent year on year.
Leaders of the Foreign Investment Agency attributedthe decreases in the numbers of new and expanded projects to the travelrestrictions and long quarantine policy, which made it hard for foreigninvestors to make surveys for their planned projects. Lockdown and travelrestriction measures also affected operations of FDI firms, they added./.
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