VOV.VN - Vietnam is projected to become a “super-aged” society by 2049 when the proportion of people aged 65 and above will exceed 20% of the population, leading to significant consequences such as labour shortages, a healthcare crisis, population decline, and burdens on social welfare.

A prolonged low birth rate is forecast to directly impact the size and structure of the population, leading to consequences such as labour shortages, rapid population aging, and population decline.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a seminar on August 21 to explore measures driving cooperation in workforce recruitment and vocational training amid labour shortages there, with a particular focus on Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state.

While Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is recovering, it is facing new challenges such as customers preferring small, rapid orders and labour shortages, experts have said.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) co-organised a workshop on March 19 in Hanoi with a view to hailing joint efforts aimed at accelerating labour mobility between the two nations.

Despite a gradual recovery in the tourist sector after the COVID-19 pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City is grappling with a serious shortage of personnel in various sectors, particularly in hotels and restaurants.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rate in the nation, heard a local ceremony on July 14 aimed at launching a communication campaign integrated with providing population quality improvement services in areas that recorded low fertility rates this year.

VOV.VN - Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 20 to 22 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - The nation’s economic recovery has accelerated over the last six months on the back of a resilient manufacturing sector coupled with a robust rebound in services, according to a World Bank (WB) economic update for Vietnam released on August 8.

Ho Chi Minh City needs 59,600-65,500 workers in the second quarter of the year as the COVID-19 pandemic has been brought under control, according to the Center of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information HCM City (Falmi).