Not enough jobs but not enough workers either: paradox plagues industry


HCM CITY (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): The labour market faces a paradox: many workers are unemployed since their factories lack orders, but at the same time businesses seeking to expand cannot find enough labour.

Despite advertising for a month, Thuan Phuong Garment and Embroidery Group has been unable to recruit 200 workers for its headquarters in HCM City’s District 6 and factories in districts 12 and Bình Chánh and in Long An Province. It offers incomes of VNĐ7-13 million (US$295-545) a month.

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