The green economy is forecast to contribute more than 10% of Vietnam’s GDP by 2030 while creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs, experts said at the launch ceremony of the Smart Landscape & Healthy Living Expo 2026 held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25.

VOV.VN - About 13,400 new enterprises were established in August with a total registered capital of VND124.6 trillion, creating 71,800 new jobs, down by 12.8%, 16.2%, and 22.6% respectively compared to the same month last year.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s labour market will need 153,500 to 161,500 more jobs ahead in the second half of the year, according to information provided by the city’s Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.

About 150,000 new jobs will be created in the second quarter of this year, including 28,200 in electronics and optical device manufacturing, 18,600 in food processing, and 4,700 in beverage production, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) predicted.

Ho Chi Minh City will need 59,000-65,500 employees in the second of this year, down 8% compared with the same period last year, if the COVID-19 pandemic is kept under control, the city’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre said on April 11.

Vietnam was one out of 30 countries applying the multidimensional poverty reduction criteria during 2015-20.