3 strongest recruitment industries in October 2026 in Hanoi

The Hanoi Employment Service Center believes that the employment picture in the Capital in October enters the acceleration phase of the fourth quarter of 2026.

The pressure of recruitment and transfer of high-quality personnel has increased significantly to serve the goal of completing the socio-economic targets of the year.

Hanoi Employment Service Center said that in October, the demand for technical human resources accelerated along with the progress of construction and infrastructure completion.

October also marks an important milestone with traffic items striving to clear routes on the occasion of the Capital Liberation Day.

Accordingly, the construction block entered the peak construction phase in the fourth quarter, making the competition to attract technical labor continue to be fierce.

The offered remuneration level is maintained at a high threshold: construction/supervision engineers reach 15–35 million VND/month, technical workers and professional machinery operators reach from 10–20 million VND/month depending on skills.

Recruitment demand surged in October in the wholesale and retail sectors; logistics and consumer services. “Entering the fourth quarter of 2026, retail businesses, supermarket systems and warehouse - logistics services simultaneously increased the scale of recruitment of sales, business, transportation and customer care personnel.

The main driving force comes from increased consumer demand on October 20th, super promotions and proactive plans to stockpile goods, prepare forces to serve the peak shopping season at the end of the year and Tet," said Mr. Vu Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Hanoi Employment Service Center.

Also according to the Hanoi Employment Service Center, in the coming time, Hanoi City will focus on implementing specific plans to concretize the revised Capital Law in the fourth quarter, focusing on developing human resources for information technology, semiconductor microchips and artificial intelligence (AI).

Through the "Institute - School - Enterprise" linkage model, the City is gradually forming a sustainable high-tech human resource ecosystem, meeting the requirements of economic restructuring in the Capital.

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