HCMC’s business education levels announced

More than half of staff of firms at Ho Chi Minh City’s export processing zones and industrial parks had low levels of education, according to a survey by the municipal Department of Science and Technology.

Of the staff 429 businesses surveyed, 51 percent had low levels of education, the department said Tuesday.

Only 1 percent the firms’ employees had high levels of education and 36 percent had average levels.

At Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, where foreign-invested enterprises made up the majority of firms, 61 percent of the surveyed businesses had low education levels.

The survey found 11 percent of employees had completed high school and 6 percent had a university degree.

Mai Vong

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