A worker of South Korea-invested Myungjin Electronic Vina Compnay in northern Thái Nguyên Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Nearly 40 per cent of enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI) in Việt Nam are facing a shortage of employees and have struggled with recruiting new labourers, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. The difficulties in recruitment are due to a shortage of skilled labourers, said Tào Bằng Huy, deputy head of the Employment Department, at a seminar on labour in the FDI sector in Hà Nội yesterday. FDI enterprises in Việt Nam plan to recruit more than 67,000 labourers this year, accounting for more than 51 per cent of the total number of newly-employed labourers in all sectors. Huy said that the quality of Vietnamese labourers working in the FDI sector remains limited. It is often hampered by factors related to physical … [Read more...] about FDI sector faces shortage of skilled labour
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Hà Nội’s craft villages lack skilled labourers
Traditional craft villages of Hà Nội are facing a shortage of labourers, especially skilled workers, reported Kinh tế Việt Nam &Thế Giới (Việt Nam and World Economy) Magazine.– Photo tripi.vn HÀ NỘI – Traditional craft villages of Hà Nội are facing a shortage of labourers, especially skilled workers, reported Kinh tế Việt Nam &Thế Giới (Việt Nam and World Economy) Magazine. Right now, the city has more than 1,350 traditional craft villages, 45 per cent of total villages nation-wide. The villages in Hà Nôi are staffed by 176,000 households creating stable jobs for 740,000 workers. However, there is a shortage of skilled workers. According to Nguyễn Như Diên, owner of Son Linh Leather Footwear Workshop in Phú Xuyên District, he has a lack of workers. This, he says, is because many rural labourers have quit their jobs to work in … [Read more...] about Hà Nội’s craft villages lack skilled labourers
Hanoi’s craft villages lack highly skilled labourers
Craft villages in the capital city of Hanoi are sharing a concern over the shortage of highly-skilled craftsmen, which is hindering them from improving the designs and competitiveness of products. Craftspersons are making lacquer paintings (Photo: VNA) Hanoi is now home to more than 1,350 craft villages, accounting for 45 percent of the nation’s total number. The villages together have created jobs and stable incomes for 740,000 workers. Nguyen Nhu Dien, from Son Linh footwear establishment in Phu Yen commune of Phu Xuyen district, said the Phu Yen footwear and leather craft village is facing a labour shortage, particularly those with high skills. Many villagers no longer want to take part in the traditional craft and they switch to work in industrial parks for a more stable income source and better insurance, Dien added. According to Nguyen Phuong Quang, an artisan and businessman in Chuong My district’s Phu Vinh village, which is known for bamboo and rattan … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s craft villages lack highly skilled labourers
Bản in : Skilled labour shortage for software companies
Da Nang (VNA) – A shortage of high-quality labourers has caused headaches for a range of software companies in central Da Nang City that wanted to do business with foreign countries. Statistics from the city Software Association showed that only 600 of 3,000 IT students meet the requirements of local software companies after graduating last year. In the first six months of this year, there are up to 1,600 job vacancies related to the IT sector, including programmers, application developers and software managers, from more than 100 software companies in the city, the association said. However, the companies failed to recruit high-quality labourers as expected. Vy Van Viet, Director of iViettech Education Centre, based in Da Nang, said an engineer working in the software sector had to know how to create an application. But in schools, students were often taught about theory rather than actually creating or developing an application. They were also lacking English and other soft … [Read more...] about Bản in : Skilled labour shortage for software companies
Manufacturing sector struggles to overcome skills gap
According to Molisa’s Employment Department, the Make in Vietnam initiative is meant to help create a more solid foundation for the country’s economy by investing heavily in the high-end manufacturing sector, but it is running up against the limited skills of the workforce. In 2016, says the Department, only 166,000 students graduated from a full-time accredited vocational college while another 1.7 million completed short 3-month skills training programs. The short training essentially makes the graduates unemployable in today’s workforce and does little to nothing to help Vietnam remedy its skills crunch, says the Department. The Department adds that the lack of participation in comprehensive specialized courses mean companies operating in Vietnam must underwrite the cost of training their own people from scratch. Department personnel are quick to point out and emphasize that Vietnam does not have a labour shortage problem— it has a monumental skilled labour … [Read more...] about Manufacturing sector struggles to overcome skills gap
Labour minister admits to slow progress of quality vocational training
Hanoi, (VNA) â The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Pham Thi Hai Chuyen admitted to the slow launch of hi-quality vocational training initiatives during a National Assemblyâs question-and-answer session in Hanoi on November 16. In May 2014, the Prime Minister approved the operation of 45 quality vocational training schools initiated by the MoLISA, following the passage of the 2012-2020 vocational development strategy in April 2012. In June 2014, the MoLISA embarked on the project by inviting ministries, agencies and parties concerned to outline action plans, she said, adding that it also submitted a vocational training improvement scheme to the government. Apart from bringing in 20 sets of curricula from advanced countries and providing training for teachers, the ministry has partnered with Australia to train and grant certifications to trainees. About placing order for occupational training service, Chuyen said a guideline on its procedures is expected … [Read more...] about Labour minister admits to slow progress of quality vocational training
Skilled labour shortage for software companies
Da Nang (VNA) â A shortage of high-quality labourers has caused headaches for a range of software companies in central Da Nang City that wanted to do business with foreign countries. Statistics from the city Software Association showed that only 600 of 3,000 IT students meet the requirements of local software companies after graduating last year. In the first six months of this year, there are up to 1,600 job vacancies related to the IT sector, including programmers, application developers and software managers, from more than 100 software companies in the city, the association said. However, the companies failed to recruit high-quality labourers as expected. Vy Van Viet, Director of iViettech Education Centre, based in Da Nang, said an engineer working in the software sector had to know how to create an application. But in schools, students were often taught about theory rather than actually creating or developing an application. They were also lacking English and other soft skills … [Read more...] about Skilled labour shortage for software companies
Bản in : Firms fail to meet export orders due to labour shortage
Enterprises in HCM City's export processing and industrial zones are struggling to complete increasing orders because they are short of workers. Textile, footwear, electronic assembly and seafood processing establishments typically receive more orders towards the end of the year. Nguyen Thanh Tung, director of the Job Opportunity Centre under the HCM City Export Processing Zones Authority (HEPZA), said enterprises needed 49,000 workers from now until the end of the year, but the centre can only meet 70 percent of this demand. Around 300 enterprises in textile, footwear and electronic assembly are facing severe labour shortages. The Tan Thuan export processing zone alone needs 10,000 workers badly. Besides non-skilled labour, enterprises are also having difficulties in finding suitable candidates for middle management positions, from commercial to production ones. "The middle management force accounts for 10 percent of recruitment needs and despite the low level of scarcity; there … [Read more...] about Bản in : Firms fail to meet export orders due to labour shortage
Nhandan Newspaper – Expert proposes key pillars for development of labour force
Regarding the major impacts of the 4th Industrial Revolution, Dr. Thuc said that economies should transform their growth models to an intensive model based on traditional factors of cheap labour, land and resources to those relying on technologies, high-quality human resources and innovation. That is the motivating factor that pushes countries in a direction to effectively deal with arising challenges. If competition among nations in the previous Industrial Revolutions was formerly down to low costs (cheap resources and labour), the 4.0 version relates to the confronting competition (high-quality human resources). In vocational training, the 4th Industrial Revolution has the ability to break the traditional way of training, requiring changes in thinking to approaches to renovate objectives and content in forming the vocational school system and applying flexible training methods to provide human resources with high-quality knowledge and skills. Dr. Thuc revealed that the current … [Read more...] about Nhandan Newspaper – Expert proposes key pillars for development of labour force
Firms fail to meet export orders due to labour shortage
Enterprises in HCM City's export processing and industrial zones are struggling to complete increasing orders because they are short of workers. Textile, footwear, electronic assembly and seafood processing establishments typically receive more orders towards the end of the year.         Nguyen Thanh Tung, director of the Job Opportunity Centre under the HCM City Export Processing Zones Authority (HEPZA), said enterprises needed 49,000 workers from now until the end of the year, but the centre can only meet 70 percent of this demand.        Around 300 enterprises in textile, footwear and electronic assembly are facing severe labour shortages. The Tan Thuan export processing zone alone needs 10,000 workers badly.         Besides non-skilled labour, enterprises are also having difficulties in finding suitable … [Read more...] about Firms fail to meet export orders due to labour shortage