HCM City attracts workers in service, industrial sectors
Ho Chi Minh City, the largest economic hub in southern Vietnam, needs from 280,000-300,000 or 300,000-320,000 more jobs in 2023, depending on economic growths of the globe and several major countries.
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City, the largest economic hub insouthern Vietnam, needs from 280,000-300,000 or 300,000-320,000 more jobs in2023, depending on economic growths of the globe and several major countries.
In the first quarter, the figures will be 72,000-79,000 or79,000-87,000, according to the Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and LabourMarket Information (FALMI).
Recruitment demands focus on the service sector, with57.69%, and industries, 20.31%.
This year, the city’s labour force is more than 4.8 millionpeople, accounting for more than half of its population. Of the total, morethan 2.2 million are female, making up 46.17%.
In terms of qualifications, the demand for labourers holdinga bachelor’s degree or higher will account for 38%.
The number of trained and skilled workers to be employedaccounts for 85.78%, of whom 20.19% hold Bachelor's degrees./.
The last day of the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from January 20-26 saw people return to HCM City in droves, with all local bus and train stations filled with crowds, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport serving 913 flights and 144,871 passengers, a record daily number since the beginning of the holiday.
The majority of workers of businesses and factories in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces, three major industrial hubs in the south, have returned to work after a long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, local authorities said.
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