How the Vietnamese find jobs

This report was conducted by the Research Institute of Vocational Training Science, General Department of Vocational Training with the support of Bureau of Employment, Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Description and analysis mentioned under this report aim to clarify jobseeking methods of male and female workers; to understand the current organization, performance and challenges faced by public ESCs under management of DoLISAs in order to identify the mechanism and ways of matching workers with employers through these ESCs; and finally, to recommend solutions for developing public ESC systems and improving the matching of labour supply and demand through these ESCs.

The current domestic market experiences imbalances of labour supply and demand in both rural and urban areas. There are provincial disparities and imbalances among some occupations. The main causes include the gap in incomes and economic development levels across regions/areas. In addition, the imbalances may have been made more serious due to the limited matching of information on labour supply and demand. Jobseekers do not have full access to recruitment information, while employers do not make full use of intermediary institutions in the labour market.