The Employment Service Centre in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau and the MAIEDU Training Consultant Joint Stock Company provided a month-long Korean language training and career orientation for 47 local workers who will go to work in Mungyeong city, North Gyeongsang province, the Republic of Korea (RoK), later this year.

The first seasonal workers from the northern province of Nam Dinh arrived at the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Jeju island on July 13 under a cooperation agreement between the two local authorities.

Some 25,000 jobs are available in Ho Chi Minh City this month, according to its Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.

A labour shortage is being reported in major cities across the country, putting more pressure on businesses to respond to the increasing volume of contracts as the year-end period approaches.

Ho Chi Minh City has rising demand for part-time and seasonal workers as the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Holiday approaches.

As the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is approaching, many companies have high demand for short-term employers, with some wiling to pay them up to 1 million VND (43 USD) per day.

Ho Chi Minh City ’s enterprises and service providers need around 25,000 workers, including 5,000 temporary ones, in April.

The final month of the lunar year sees a seasonal employment surge, however, the number of job seekers decline, making it difficult for enterprises to handle the trade of the upcoming Tet holidays.