VietNamNet Bridge - Though the unemployment rate has risen, enterprises complain they are finding it difficult to recruit workers, Nguyen Anh Tuan, head of the Vietnam Productivity Institute (VNPI), said after meeting recently with the local press.

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports released by domestic and foreign institutions have all affirmed that Vietnam’s economy is recovering. But no one can explain the worrying decline of domestic private enterprises.

 European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is due to announce plans to tackle Europe's worst migrant crisis since World War Two.

VietNamNet Bridge - Official reports showed there are more people with higher education are jobless than untrained workers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The demand for workers from Vietnamese enterprises was reported 34 percent higher in the first half of the year in comparison with the same period last year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi Party Committee’s Secretary Pham Quang Nghi said it was not surprising that some PhDs and masters had failed civil service exams for Hanoi’s state agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2015 report by the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed that one out of every four unemployed workers has either junior college (3-year training) or higher tertiary level education. 

The majority of excellent graduates stay overseas after they finish studying. Most of the graduates returning to Vietnam after school are not good enough, and many of them pay to get jobs at state agencies, analysts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) must bear full responsibility for the increasingly high number of unemployed university graduates, experts say. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 330,000 people need jobs this year in HCM City, but there will only be about 265,000 job vacancies,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's auto market stood out in the global car market as the report for November indicated sales growth through 20 consecutive months while its competitors posted slow progress rates.

 Japanese shares rebounded on Monday following stronger-than-expected US payroll data for September.

 Dong Nai rioters imprisoned for disturbing peace; Nine injured in lorry accident; France helps Vietnam cope with climate change; Last Twin Otter aircraft to land in October; Unemployment rate rising in urban areas

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said it will work with the General Statistics Office and the International Labor Organization to find a more suitable method to measure the unemployment rate in Vietnam.

The unemployment rate in Vietnam in the second quarter of 2014 was 1.84 percent, one of the lowest in the world. The Ministry of Labor said that the calculation method used to determine the jobless rate accords with international practice.

According to the latest report from the Ministry of Labor, the unemployment rate of Vietnam is 1.84%. Former chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs – Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu – said that this figure is “funny optimism”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Low-quality education and training are the two main reasons behind the increasingly high number of unemployed university graduates, for which the Ministry of Education and Training must take responsibility.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unemployment rates are regularly reported by government agencies, but the state General Statistics Office (GSO) doubts the figures.

 Four dead after eating poison mushrooms; Two die in Ha Giang fire; Northern province battles cross-border smuggling; Ten injured in Muong Xen car accident; Vietnam hosts conference on illegal wildlife trade

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is among the nations with the lowest unemployment rates on the globe, but the number of young jobless laborers is triple the domestic unemployment rate.