Foreign enterprises are beginning to shift their investments into industries that require medium-level workers or higher-skilled workers as opposed to putting money into labour-intensive industries as in the past,

Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Japan International Training Cooperation Organisation yesterday signed a record of discussions on a specified skilled workers programme and technical intern programme.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs will work with the International Labor Organization (ILO) on a new method to calculate the unemployment rate in Vietnam after the second quarter’s 1.84 percent rate raised controversy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – What bosses feared did not occur: 95 percent of workers in industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZ) in the south east provinces have come back to work after Tet.

 Honouring President of SOS Children Villages International; Over 4.7 million euro for climate change adaptation; Over 5 million rural workers employed in five years; JICA funds two transport projects

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) have warned of severe shortage of power during the next dry season as existing hydropower plants are now old and new ones have still not been constructed.

Asian countries are widely known as the largest workshops of the world, especially of the famous Western fashion brands.

 A worker was killed on Monday after a rock weighing nearly six tonnes fell on him while he and others were working on ta mining site.

 Vietnam, Japan research genetically modified cassava; EuroCham launches Green-Biz 2013; Seafood subject to higher anti-dumping duties; HCM City scheme for exterior bus advertising

 UK volunteers cycle for Vietnamese babies; HCM City presents office building to Laos; Training 150,000 rural labourers in 2013; Wall Street English opens first Vietnam centre

VietNamNet Bridge – In early 2013, Vietnam had about 857,000 unemployed workers, of which women accounted for the majority with 53.8 percent.

Germany, Australia support climate change; Public administrative reform impact to be gauged; Demographic challenges to Vietnam; Vietnam strengthens int’l cooperation in demining

The Poster Da Nang Electronic Co. Ltd has nearly 1,000 bachelor degree holders who work as normal workers. This is just a single example demonstrating the shortcomings and imbalance of the current human resource training in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The economic situation in 2013 is anticipated to be difficult. Nearly 200,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City will be very difficult to find a job.