Singapore has launched a digital platform to enhance maritime workforce training, with full implementation expected in the second half of 2025, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced on March 27.
Human resources for the operation of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai will be well prepared under a strategic cooperation agreement signed on May 27 by the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the Sai Gon Ground Services (SAGS), and Lilama 2 International Technology College (Lilama 2).
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Vietnamese garment and textile sector has rebounded thanks to the country’s sound investment climate and abundant workforce as well as its open economy, according to insiders.
The development of an artificial intelligence (AI) workforce and the creation of a Thai large language model (ThaiLLM) are among the six proposed flagship projects under the second phase of Thailand's national AI strategy and action plan.
Vietnam aims to send 125,000 labourers abroad to work under contracts in 2024, focusing on key traditional markets such as Japan, Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
Its stable political system, large workforce and high purchasing power make Vietnam an ideal destination for investors seeking M&A opportunities, the Global M&A Partners Conference heard in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13.
Vietnam, which is experiencing a period of population aging, is seeking ways to turn the situation into opportunities by optimising the strengths of senior citizens.
Ho Chi Minh City will need from 136,000 to 150,000 workers from now to the end of this year, the municipal Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre reported July 21.
The number of people participating in compulsory social insurance and unemployment insurance in the first two months of 2022 recorded year-on-year increases of 1.14 percent and 1.02 percent, respectively, according to Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
More than 1.4 million Vietnamese were unemployed in 2021, up 203,700 from the previous year or 17 percent, due to impacts of the worst-ever fourth wave of COVID-19 infections for months, data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed.
The National Programme on the Prevention and Reduction of Child Labour for the 2021 – 2025 period, with a vision towards 2030, was launched on December 1 to accelerate Vietnam’s progress in the fight against child labour.
A number of enterprises are restoring production and recruiting more workers as the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections has been partly controlled, thus creating more opportunities for labourers.
The freshly-launched Vietnam Workforce for an Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem (WISE) project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) with an amount of around 2 million USD is expected to help improve Vietnam’s human resources working in this field.
With the increasing foreign investment in Vietnam, the human resource structure will see a fundamental change since FDI generally goes into industries that require medium to very skilled workers, experts have said.
Vietnam needs to focus more on developing feedstocks and production of intermediate goods, especially in terms of human resources, to enable its industrialisation, experts have said.
