VietNamNet Bridge – The unemployment rate in Ha Noi has increased slightly in the first three months of this year, with 7,113 people registered for unemployment insurance benefits, said the Ha Noi Jobs Service Centre under the city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.


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Workers manufature automobile components at Thang Long Industrial Park in Ha Noi. The unemployment rate in Ha Noi increased in the first three months of this year. – Photo: VNA/VNS

 

 

Figures from the centre announced late last month showed that nearly 2,000 more people registered for unemployment than last year’s first quarter. The number of people registered for benefits in March was about 3,120, 1.88 times higher than in February.

Nguyen Toan Phong, director of the centre, said the rise was caused by narrowing production scales of businesses, branch closings and bankruptcy.

Some businesses with a high number of unemployed workers are Panasonic Industrial Devices Viet Nam Co with 197 people, Microsoft Mobile Viet Nam Co with 86 and Flexcom Viet Nam Co with 166.

After classifying, the centre has agreed that nearly 6,850 people would be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. Of these, more than 2,460 were university graduates, accounting for 35.9 per cent.

 

VNS