HCM City
will need more than 25,000 workers in May, mostly skilled and trained, according
to the HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market
Information.

HCM City will need more than 25,000 workers in May. (Photo: VNS)

This is
20 per cent higher than in April.

The need
is for 10 per cent with university degrees, 40 per cent with college or
vocational diplomas, 35 per cent with high-school degrees, and 15 per cent
trained workers.

The
demand has risen especially in the fields of economics and business management,
information technology, finance-banking, auditing-accounting, hospitality,
tourism, cookingstuff processing, and construction.

Tran Anh
Tuan, deputy director of FALMI, said in the previous month demand was highest in
the textile, footwear, sales, marketing, services, electronics, communication
and technology, and education segments.

Demands
for workers with high-school degrees plunged from 60 per cent in March to 35.39
per cent in April, he said, with businesses preferring skilled and highly
trained workers.

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