Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will lack from 70,000 to 90,000 information andtechnology (IT) workers this year despite increasing salary and welfare,according to a TopDev, a recruitment network and ecosystem in mobile and IT,reports on the IT market in Vietnam.

Many start-ups have developed projects related to artificial intelligence (AI)and machine learning in the last five years in Vietnam, which has createdextraordinary value for the technology industry.

Thanks to this, the salary of AI engineers is expected to increase sharply inthe coming years. However, human resources are an issue for many businesses.

Although they offer salaries of 500 million VND (about 21,600 USD), per yearmany businesses said they could not find suitable personnel.

Recruitment depends heavily on unofficial relationships. According to TopDev’sstatistics, up to 58 percent of employers seek candidates through referralrecruitment and only 51 percent of employers recruit through official channels.

The rapid development of many new technology trends has opened up betteropportunities for programmers in Vietnam, but also causes many obstacles foremployers without proper recruitment methods.

Now many businesses are looking to new recruitment methods with a longer-termvision such as employer branding to create influence and spread their image toapplicants.

One of the solutions to enhance IT human resources in general and AI inparticular is the combination of university training and enterpriserecruitment.

Dien Dan Doanh Nghiep (Business Forum) quoted Duong Trong Tan, an expertin the field of IT, as saying that in the era of rapid change like today, if aschool was not associated with enterprises to improve their training programmeand put in new content that businesses need or new technology, they couldhardly keep up with the pace of economic changes.-VNA