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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruptions to economies and the labour market with serious impacts on youth employment in Asia and the Pacific.

The private sector in Thailand is calling on the government to continue easing its lockdown measures to allow other businesses, particularly those related to tourism and supply chains, to restart to curb escalating unemployment.

It is forecast that Vietnam’s total workforce will near 54.26 million people in the third quarter of this year, up 0.44 percent from the previous quarter and 0.91 percent annually.

The rate of unemployment among people of working age dropped to 2.26 percent in the second quarter, the lowest for the past five quarters.

Around one fifth (20.1 percent) of enterprises plan to expand their workforce in the third quarter, according to the latest newsletter on the labour market update released by the MoLISA on September 15.

The number of Vietnamese workers holding college and university degrees or higher accounted for 21.39 percent of the labour force in the last quarter of 2016, up 1.19 percentage points year on year.

The 12th National Women’s Congress discussed improving the efficiency of vocational training for women and protecting interests of female workers during its second session in Hanoi on March 8.

Over 100 workers of Doosol Vina Ltd Co., in the southern province of Tay Ninh will receive local support after their Republic of Korea boss, Ra Moo-Guyn, took flight, leaving massive debts behind.