Many hi-tech enterprises are planning to expand their business in 2011 and recruit a large number of workers. However, while the demand for hi-tech labor force is on the rise, the supply does not increase accordingly. According to Nguyen Thuong Hai, Intel Vietnam’s Education Director, the number of workers at Intel’s factory in Vietnam would [...]
A low-salary, high-pressure environment is driving many workers at scores of Vietnam-based foreign-invested enterprises to strike or change jobs. Vietnam Economic Institute head Tran Dinh Thien last week said that the average income of blue-collar workers in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) was the lowest as compared with companies in the state and domestic private sectors. “The [...]
Companies in Ho Chi Minh City will need 87,000 employees in the second quarter, a rise of 10 percent over the first quarter, according to the city’s centre for forecasting manpower needs and labour market information. Tran Anh Tuan, deputy head of the centre, said that “many manufacturing and trading companies need to recruit more [...]
The southern province of Tien Giang will face a shortage of about 30,000 workers for nearly-opened companies and factories. Labour recruitment faces many difficulties because businesses want to employ skilled workers but the training at the provincial vocational schools and centres does not meet this demand. In 2011, Tien Giang will focus on promoting high [...]
Some businesses have been accused of laying off labourers and employing new ones just to evade paying health and social insurance premiums. Vietnam Investment Review discussed the matter with the Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan Many companies claim they are short of thousands of labourers, while they are struggling [...]
A seminar on human resources development in the southwestern region in 2011-2020 was held in Can Tho on December 4 by the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The Mekong Delta region comprising 13 cities and provinces is the nation’s key agricultural and seafood zone. It has a population of 17.7 million, including nearly 10 million [...]
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