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Ho Chi Minh seeks 300,000 to fill vacancies in 2021

A total of 85.8% jobs for trained workers

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 06 Jan 2021 4:30PM

Ho Chi Minh seeks 300,000 to fill vacancies in 2021
The city’s workforce structure will see a higher percentage of workers in the industry, construction and services sectors, and fewer in the agro-forestry-fishery sector. – Pixabay pic, January 6, 2020

HANOI – Enterprises in Ho Chi Minh will seek between 270,000 and 300,000 employees this year, according to the municipal Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI), reported the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). 

These jobs are in business-trade, which accounts for 20.16% of the total, electronics-IT (10.96%), services (7.25%), mechanics-automation (5.6) and logistics-warehouse-port services (5.41%). 

According to FALMI, 85.8% of vacancies are for trained workers.

In the first quarter, enterprises with stable post-pandemic operations and demand for expansion will have 70,000 to 75,000 vacancies, mostly in business-trade, services, garment-textile-footwear, food processing, chemistry-rubber, customer services, logistics-warehouse-port services, IT and tourism-hotel-restaurant.

The following two quarters will see demand for 68,600 to 74,400 workers, especially those skilled in IT-electronics, mechanics, chemistry-rubber, architecture, logistics-warehouse-port services, finance-banking, real estate, and tourism-hotel-restaurant.

Up to 77,100 jobs will be on offer in the last quarter, during which companies intensify production and business to meet demand related to the Lunar New Year holiday. More staff will be needed in temporary and part-time positions.

The city’s workforce structure, meanwhile, will see a higher percentage of workers in the industry, construction and services sectors, and fewer in the agro-forestry-fishery sector. 

Some 65.81% of the workforce of more than 4.8 million will be in the services sector, industry and construction (32.45%) and agro-forestry-fishery (1.74%). – Bernama, January 6, 2020

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