3 industries forecast to have the strongest recruitment in Q4/2026

This is a forecast released in the Vietnam Labor Market Information publication for the third quarter of 2026, recently announced by the Institute of State Organization and Labor Science.

According to the announcement of the Institute of State Organization and Labor Science (Ministry of Home Affairs), on the business side, 55.6% of recruited positions in the third quarter of 2026 do not require experience; on the job seeker side, the group with university degrees or higher accounts for 43.5%.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, former Director of the Institute of Labor and Social Sciences, said that data on the qualification requirements of employers and labor supply reflects a certain difference between the structure of recruitment demand and the characteristics of supply, while also posing the requirement to improve the effectiveness of counseling, job introduction and supply-demand connection of job connection agencies.

Also in the third quarter of 2026, the labor force aged 15 and over nationwide reached 54.1 million people; the number of people with jobs reached 53 million people, an increase of 292,300 people compared to the second quarter of 2026 and an increase of 706,400 people compared to the same period in 2025. The average income of workers reached 9.2 million VND/month, an increase of 823,800 VND compared to the same period last year.

The employment structure continues to focus on the service sector (41%), industry and construction (33.9%), agriculture, forestry and fishery (25.1%). The rate of trained workers with degrees and certificates reaches 30.4%, showing that the requirement to improve the quality of human resources is still a matter of concern.

The Institute of State Organization and Labor Science researches recruitment and job search trends on recruitment websites in the third quarter of 2026, showing that the 5 industry groups with the largest recruitment demand include: Processing and manufacturing industry; commerce - retail and e-commerce; logistics, transportation and warehousing; tourism, food and accommodation; information technology and digital services.

The positions recruited mostly focus on manufacturing, machine operation and engineering; business, sales; logistics, warehousing; information technology, software, data and artificial intelligence (AI); customer service.

In the third quarter of 2026, the unemployment rate in the working age is 2.22%; the whole country has 243,412 people applying for unemployment benefits. Notably, job counseling and job introduction activities of job service centers reached 849,405 turns, 35,521 people were introduced to jobs and 11,879 people were supported with training and professional skills improvement.

Regarding prospects, the number of people with jobs in Q4/2026 is forecast to reach about 53.3 million people, an increase of 0.6% compared to Q3. Some industries are forecast to increase labor demand including repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment; manufacturing electronics, computers and optical products; manufacturing products from rubber and plastic.

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