The labour force aged 15 and above reached 52.9 million people in Quarter 1, showing a decrease of 230,700 people compared to the previous quarter but an increase of 532,000 people year-over-year.
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).
UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Matt Jackson recommends Vietnam to invest in human resources, such as increasing participation in the labour force and supporting women in the workforce to prepare better for the population ageing process.
This year, labour shortages after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday are not as serious as in previous years because enterprises and localities have good policies to attract workers to return.
Vietnam continues to be one of the important sources of workers for Japan’s economic recovery and development in the post-COVID-19 period, according to the Japanese magazine Modern Business.
Loans for temporary leave pay are expected to help firms retain skilled workers and mitigate the number of laid-off workers triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enterprises should “put people first” in their human resource plans as the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies to scale down business or even close for good, experts said at an online seminar on HR management held in HCM City on April 24.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 60-million-USD loan for Cambodia to help the country boost the skills and competitiveness of its labour force, according to Xinhua news agency.
Legislators will spend the entire afternoon of May 29 to discuss in groups about Vietnam’s joining the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 98 on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively; and the draft revised Labour Code.
Logistics, considered an industry with huge contributions to the development of the economy, has not lived up to its potentials due to human resources shortage.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 78-million-USD financing package to help Vietnam’s labour force meet market demands by improving the quality of national technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions.
Creating jobs and improving workers’ skills in the context of international integration are important goals for Vietnam, which holds a large workforce, said Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Doan Mau Diep.
The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN HCMC) has been presented an Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) Certification, making it the first enterprise in Vietnam to receive the certification.
Most credit institutions reported good results in the second quarter of this year, and expected their business performance throughout 2018 to be better than the previous year.
Some 72 percent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 percent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 percent).
Positive developments were seen in Vietnam’s labour market in the third quarter of this year, the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs reported on December 26.
