employment in vietnam

Update news employment in vietnam

Overall job orders stable in Q3

Despite economic uncertainties, overall job orders in the third quarter of this year held stable compared to the same period last year, driven by robust hiring in manufacturing and tentative signs of recovery in banking and financial services.

Over 51 million workers employed in first nine months

In the third quarter of 2024, the labour force aged 15 and above reached 52.7 million, an increase of 114,100 people compared to the previous quarter and 238,800 people year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Employment numbers rise but labour market quality yet to improve

Vietnam's labour force (aged 15 and above) in 2023 counts for 52.4 million people.

Job snobs

 Many university graduates seem to feel that a high paying executive job upon graduation is an entitlement and not something to be earned.

65,000 job vacancies forecast in HCM City in Q4

 As many as 65,000 vacancies and 30,000 seasonal jobs are forecast in Ho Chi Minh City in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the municipal Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI).