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The expert from the RMIT University told The Hanoi Times about solutions for the foreign-invested businesses' labor-intensive fields. How would you comment on the losses of foreign enterprises operating in the labor-intensive fields after a long social distancing period? Dr. Seng Kiat Kok, Senior Program Manager of Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship at RMIT University. Photo: RMIT This is a very challenging and difficult time for all businesses. Some companies have not been able to pivot or look at alternative approaches to operate their business, whereas others have been able to invest in either machinery or altered their product offerings to meet Covid-safe regulations for the workplace and also for lockdown demand. Others have not only seen resourcing issues when supporting their staff through the lockdown but have faced an extended period with little to no income. This has been particularly testing, although some have also seen the … [Read more...] about Foreign enterprises need investing in upskilling Vietnamese laborers: RMIT expert

Delegates to a recent seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City raised concern that Vietnam needs more highly-skilled IT workforce. According to recruitment agency Vietnamworks, the demand for IT workforce is high and will keep rising in the next few years. Job listings have also doubled in the recent three years. It is forecast that Vietnam needs 400,000 IT workers in late 2018, but there are only 250,000 engineers in the field at present. The number of IT jobs surges 47 percent annually but manpower only increases 8 percent. Nguyen Phuong Mai from Navigos Search said it is hard to seek highly-skilled managerial staff in the field. Amid the booming start-up movement, the rate of job-hopping is also high, resulting in the shortage of human resources or staff lacking management experience. In face of that, a number of firms have recruited students right after their probation while several recruitment agencies have trained staff for hire. Lam Quang Vu, deputy head of the … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs more highly-skilled IT workforce

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs holds the 10th ASEAN Social Work Consortium Conference (ASWC) via videoconference (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) – As Chair of the ASEAN Social Work Consortium for the 2020 - 2021 period, the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs held the 10th ASEAN Social Work Consortium Conference (ASWC) and the regional retreat in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the ASWC via videoconference on September 21. The event brought together officials and heads of the agencies in charge of the issue of ASEAN countries. The Vietnamese side included representatives from ministries, sectors, associations, the social work faculties of universities and academies, hospitals, and relevant international organisations. The 10th ASWC takes place on September 21 and 22 under the theme “Social Workers at the Heart of the COVID-19 Recovery”. At the conference’s open sessions on the first working day, representatives from … [Read more...] about ASEAN Social Work Consortium convenes 10th meeting