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Demand for interns has risen by 87 percent in the last three years as employers hunt for trainable future employees.

The Sun Gate Group on November 16 inaugurated the first stage of Rong May (Cloud Dragon) Bridge ecological tourism site, as part of Thac Trang (White Falls) tourism project in Son Binh commune.

Ho Chi Minh City needs about 26,000 workers in November, up more than 4 percent from the previous month, according to the city’sHuman Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information Centre (Falmi).

The northern province of Vinh Phuc has paid great attention to job creation for rural labourers through policies to support vocation training and attract investment.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) has greatly influenced Vietnam’s tertiary education, resulting in a transition in professions, curricula and training methods.

Japan has continued to be the largest market for Vietnamese labourers so far, and it is expected to offer many more job opportunities with high income in the remaining months of the year.

Only 12.3 percent of Vietnamese businesses have regular cooperation with vocational schools, making it difficult to improve the country’s vocational education and solve unemployment.

Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou chaired a symposium on laws and policies on vocational education and employment, as well as coordination to address public complaints and denunciations, in Vientiane on September 27.

A total of 240 workers will be chosen to work in Japanese hospitals this year, the Department of Overseas Labour (DoLAB) under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has announced.

The jobless rate among Singaporean citizens stood at 3.3 percent in June 2019, as compared to 3.2 percent in March, according to the Ministry of Manpower.

Indonesia’s plan to relocate the capital city from Jakarta has received wide support from its citizens.

Over one year since the Asia For Animals Coalition’s call for not using wild animals in circus performance, Vietnamese kids have now been getting acquainted with familiar pets on stage.

The The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) daily of the Vietnam News Agency on August 5 announced ten nominations for the 12th “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards.

A new vocational training programme set up by the Women's Union in HCM City has helped middle-aged women with few skills earn more income.

Investment in Vietnam from the Republic of Korea (RoK) is expected to rise further, increasing demand for labour, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra).

Vietnam surpassed Indonesia to rank third in consumer confidence in the first quarter behind only the Philippines and India, according to the latest Conference Board Global Consumer Confidence Survey conducted in collaboration with global measurement company Nielsen.

The Government is planning to implement job competition mechanisms and remove its lifetime employment policy to improve the quality of staff, civil servants and officials.

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.

The solidarity, friendship, and cooperation between the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) over the past 22 years has contributed to deepening and diversifying relations between the two countries, the VGCL leader has said.

Enterprises are not interested in collaboration with vocational training establishments to train students or update their internal training programmes because the laws are not clear about their role and responsibilities, according to Vo Tan Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s HCM City Branch.