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Can Tho firms struggle to find workers
Several firms in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho are having problems finding people to work and a labour expert blames it on a preference among young people for seasonal rather than regular employment.
For the last few months, the Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company (Bianfishco) has needed more than 2,000 workers at a monthly salary of VND2 million (US$112). But it has had very few applications.
The company attended a recent Youth Work Week organised by the Can Tho City Employment Service Centre, but it received just six applicants.
Nguyen Thi Anh Mieu, deputy general director of Bianfishco, says that the company has many contracts with American partners, but the shortage of workers has prevented it from fulfilling orders in a timely fashion.
Small-sized companies are also facing difficulties in finding workers.
The Can Tho Ship Repair and Building Enterprise has been able to find only half of the 20 employees it needs, a predicament shared by the Can Tho Fertiliser and Chemical Company.
Nguyen Quoc Vung, director of the city’s Youth Employment Service Centre, says enterprises in Tra Noc Industrial Park need around 3,000 manual labourers. Many enterprises have announced their employment needs for two months now, but have received very few applicants.
Vung says many young people do not want to depend on regular working time and regulations which the companies offer. They only want seasonable jobs.
" This is the reason for the shortage of manual labourers in Can Tho," he said.
An official of Gentraco Company says many workers are afraid of travelling long distances to work, so they refuse jobs that require this.
Vung says vocational training courses should also work to change the attitude of young people in the Mekong Delta and help them adapt to modern working environments.
VietNamNet, vietnamnews
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