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In the fourth quarter of 2025, self- propelled laborers were 3.8 million people, an increase of 34,100 people compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 177,100 people compared to the same period last year. Photo: Phuong Anh
In the fourth quarter of 2025, self- propelled laborers were 3.8 million people, an increase of 34,100 people compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 177,100 people compared to the same period last year. Photo: Phuong Anh

Increasing the rate of workers doing self-production and self-consumption work

Quỳnh Chi (báo lao động) 07/01/2026 17:50 (GMT+7)

The population, labor and employment situation in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2025 has just been announced by the Statistics Office.

Accordingly, self- propelled workers (who mainly produce agricultural products (food, goods) for family or personal use, instead of selling to the market) in the fourth quarter of 2025 were 3.8 million people, an increase of 34,100 people compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 177,100 people compared to the same period last year.

Self- propelled workers are mainly concentrated in rural areas (accounting for 88.4%) and concentrated in women (accounting for 63.7%). Of the total 3.8 million people who are self- propelled by self- propelled production workers, more than 2.3 million people are aged 55 and over (accounting for 61.8%).

In 2025, there will be 3.8 million self- propelled workers, an increase of 122,500 people compared to 2024; female self- propelled workers account for 63.4%.

The rate of workers who do not fully exploit their potential in the fourth quarter of 2025 is 4%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous quarter and the same period last year. Of which, the rate of workers who do not fully exploit the potential of urban areas is 3.8%; rural areas are 4.1%.

In 2025, the rate of unemployed workers will be 3.9%, down 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous year. Of which, urban areas are 3.7% and rural areas are 4%.

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