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Labor demand increases sharply in Dong Nai

About 500 enterprises in the southern province of Dong Nai need to recruit over 44,000 workers in 2015 due to operation expansion, according to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
About 500 enterprises in the southern province of Dong Nai need torecruit over 44,000 workers in 2015 due to operation expansion,according to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs.

The Department revealed that actual demand for laborersis higher than reported, estimating at over 60,000, and apparel,footwear, and mechanics industries require the highest employment.

TheDong Nai Garment Corporation (Donagamex) and the Hwaseung Company, forexample, need to hire 2,000 and 1,000 workers, respectively.

DeputyDirector of the Department Lam Duy Tin advised enterprises to offerpreferential policies on wage and other welfare with a view of avoidingshortage of workers after the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival which fallsin mid-February.

To date, Dong Nai has 1,131 valid foreign projects with a total investment of nearly 21.49 billion USD.

It is home to 31 industrial zones covering nearly 9,560ha, with theland occupancy rate of 66.77 percent, according to the Managing Boardof the Dong Nai industrial zones

Dong Nai, together with BinhDuong, Tay Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Long An and Tien Giangprovinces and Ho Chi Minh City, form Vietnam’s southern key economicregion.-VNA
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