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The human resources (HR) industry in Vietnam is developing strongly, fuelled by multinational companies’ growing demand for expanding and setting up their production chains in the country, according to Adecco Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City-based companies will need to fill some 20,000 job vacancies in June, the city’s Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI) said.

A seminar on ending violence and harassment in the workplace was held in Hanoi on May 28 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and CARE International in Vietnam.

The sixth Vietnam-France career day is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on May 11 and Ho Chi Minh City one week later, heard a press conference on the event in HCM City on May 9.

The current logistics labour force needs to adapt to fast-changing automation and ecommerce requirements, experts said at a dialogue organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Australia Aid on April 26 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Forbes magazine has announced its fourth annual “30 Under 30 Asia 2019” list, featuring 300 entrepreneurs and young leaders who are contributing to their industries and making an impact across the Asia-Pacific region.

The labour market will shift positively to need less unskilled workers and demand more skilled ones for better quality.

Vietnam may have a large pool of manual workers, but not enough it seems to cope with growing demand.

The share of job seekers who are using formal channels (employment services) is growing in Vietnam, but still accounts for a minority of the job search channels used. Most jobs in the country today are filled through personal contacts, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

At the end of the year, workers often look forward to Tet (Lunar New Year) bonuses to see whether the sum would partly help them enjoy a good Tet celebration or not.

Australia’s SEEK Group and Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneur Fund have invested in GetLinks, a platform and ecosystem that connects tech talents with opportunities across Asia.

The labour market in Hanoi has become bustling with higher demand for unskilled workers.

A majority of employers will increase their recruitment demand in next year, according to the latest report of VietnamWorks, the online recruitment website operated by Navigos Group.

A new employment mobile application, called iWork, has been developed by iWork Service JSC and will make debut this September.

The Hanoi Police on June 21 announced results of the preliminary investigation into a case involving a ring pretending to be military officers to swindle and appropriate other people’s assets.

Nearly 400 of job seekers, who had worked in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme, took part in a job fair in the northern province of Bac Ninh on April 19.

Employees in Ho Chi Minh City earn the highest average monthly salary in the country, according to the latest report of the leading recruitment website VietnamWorks.

Thousands of jobs are available in HCM City after the Lunar New Year holiday, said recruitment officials at the city’s job centres.

Japanese companies in Vietnam are seeking more personnel, especially at the managerial level, as investment from Japan has risen greatly in recent years.

Thailand’s new law on migrant workers recently took effect with an aim of controlling the use of illegal migrant workers and preventing human trafficking.