Vietnamese laborers’ average monthly income reached VND8.5 million (US$334.2) in January-September, rising VND611,000 ($24) year on year, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs reported.

Male laborers earned an average of VND9 million ($354) per month, while females made VND7.9 million ($311) a month.

Vietnam had an estimated 52.7 million laborers, rising 114,000 people over the previous quarter and 239,000 people against the same period last year.

Up to 40 percent of laborers work in service, with industry-construction polling at 33 percent and agro-forestry-fishery rounding out the top three.

Vietnam is forecast to have some 51.68 million workers this quarter, an increase of 116,000 people from last quarter.

In the third quarter of this year, the number of employed laborers rose in many sectors over the second quarter, specifically wholesale, retail, vehicle repair, healthcare, social affairs, as well as processing and manufacturing.

On the other hand, the property sector saw a decline of 27,000 laborers; the finance-banking-insurance sector, 17,000 people; education and training, 111,000; and construction, 101,000.

Employers are currently seeking workers in fields such as sales, marketing, public relations, business operations, driving, and operating automated equipment.

At the same time, jobseekers are gravitating toward roles in e-commerce, digital marketing, logistics and warehouse management, finance and accounting, electrical engineering, and business.

Sectors that will increase recruitment this quarter include furniture, rubber and plastic product manufacturing, and food production and processing.

Coal mining, electric device production, and agro-forestry-fishery are forecast to have a falling demand for laborers.

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