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Labour demand in HCM City varies according to pandemic situation

Ho Chi Minh City will need about 127,000 - 147,000 workers from now to the end of this year, and the demand varies according to the COVID-19 situation, the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre said on July 27.
Labour demand in HCM City varies according to pandemic situation ảnh 1Demand in the HCM City labour market is forecast to depend on the COVID-19 situation (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi MinhCity will need about 127,000 - 147,000 workers from now to the end of this year,and the demand varies according to the COVID-19 situation, the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre said on July 27.

It noted that if the pandemic getsworse, socio-economic development will be strongly affected with such servicesas accommodation, food and beverage, tourism, and transport, along with the industry- construction sector hit hard.

In that scenario, HCM City will needabout 127,000 workers in the last half of 2021, mostly for trading (26,048), IT- electronics (8,903), personal services and heath care (8,319), garment -footwear manufacturing (7,785), marketing (7,353), and food processing (7,125).

If the pandemic eases, businessperformance will improve in the year’s final months, the time enterprises boostproduction and business activities to serve an increase in demand ahead of theLunar New Year.

At that time, the southern economichub will need about 147,000 workers, including 30,150 for trading, 10,305 for IT- electronics, 9,629 for personal services and heath care, and 9,000 for garment- footwear manufacturing, FALMI predicted.

However, services like accommodation, food and beverage, andtourism and such industries as textile - garment, leather - footwear, and woodprocessing will continue bearing the brunt of the interruption to export andimport, the centre added./.
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