Enterprises in Binh Duong province, one of the southern region’s economic centres, need to recruit over 45,000 unskilled workers in 2015 to meet their production demands in garment, footwear and wood manufacturing fields.

According to the province’s employment centre, more than 21,000 unskilled jobs were available during its first job exchange session on January 11, offering a monthly salary of 4-5 million VND (235 USD).

The businesses looking to hire new employees include Truong Thanh Wood Industry Company, Apex Vietnam Co., Ltd, and Sheico Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Nguyen Thanh Phuong, head of the job introduction office, said that this year the office continues to help local businesses take part in labour linkage programmes with other provinces to attract workers.

Last year, businesses in the province generated jobs for more than 46,000 labourers. Over 4,000 businesses registered to recruit 70,000 labourers at job exchange sessions during 2014, but only 37,000 people were ultimately employed.-VNA