Thailand’s digital firms hire Vietnamese to fill skills gap in workforce


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Digital industry companies in Thailand are having to employ workers from Vietnam and other neighbouring countries to fill a domestic skills shortage, experts warned on Monday (Sept 27).

The warning came as the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) revealed the results of a survey showing explosive growth in Thailand’s digital industries.

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