Hai Phong needs to recruit more than 28,000 workers in industrial parks

As of October 2026, industrial parks and economic zones in the city have attracted 1,078 FDI projects with a total registered capital of over 46.5 billion USD and 407 DDI projects with a total registered capital of 626,313 billion VND. Currently, there are 1,152 enterprises generating labor relations, with a total of 362,528 workers. Of which, female workers are 192,067 people, workers over 40 years old are 107,687 people, 353,608 people participate in social insurance and 135,678 people are out-of-province workers.

In the third quarter and the first month of the fourth quarter of 2026, production and business activities at most businesses were basically stable. According to reports from nearly 400 grassroots trade unions, 12.9% of businesses grew well, orders increased; 46.4% remained quite stable; 30.2% had difficulties but did not significantly affect jobs; 8.0% had reduced orders or working hours and 1.9% faced clear difficulties, having to reduce labor or narrow production.

In general, nearly 90% of businesses still maintain relatively stable production. 202 businesses need to recruit 28,355 more workers. The demand is concentrated in electronics, high-tech, mechanical, textile and supporting industries. Specifically, LG Display Co., Ltd. - Trang Due Industrial Park needs about 6,000 workers, Regina Miracle International Co., Ltd. - VSIP Industrial Park needs 3,000 workers, Aachen SV - Do Son Industrial Park needs 2,000 workers. Lite-On, Biel Crystal and YUEKAI companies... need to recruit about 1,000 workers/unit... The main difficulties of businesses are the shortage of unskilled workers, skilled workers and the ability to retain workers after recruitment.

Faced with the situation that businesses are facing difficulties in recruiting workers, leaders of the Hai Phong City Labor Federation said that the City Labor Federation has worked with the Labor Federations of northern mountainous provinces to support connecting labor supply and demand. It is expected that in November 2026, the unit will coordinate to organize a job fair in Son La province, with the goal of attracting a large number of workers to Hai Phong to work; solving the problem of labor shortage at the end of the year in Hai Phong.

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