Untrained workers in Can Tho account for nearly 40% of job search demand

Through collection and statistics from the Can Tho City Employment Service Center (DVVL), in the third quarter of 2026, the number of workers in need of finding jobs was 24,347 turns.

Job search demand is concentrated in food processing workers, woodworking, garment, handicrafts and other related workers, accounting for 26.21% of the total job search demand. Corresponding to these job groups are positions of seafood processing workers, food processing workers, garment workers,...

Next is the simple labor group, accounting for 14.50% of the total job search demand, with general labor positions, product packaging, delivery,...

In particular, job search demand in the third quarter mainly in the group of untrained students (39.74%), unskilled technical workers (29.68%) and university graduates accounting for 14.0% of the total job search demand of city workers.

In the context of supply-demand disparity in some occupational groups, especially in the field of Agriculture - Forestry - Fisheries, the Center believes that the cause stems from the combination of seasonality, mechanization and limitations in the ability of workers to change careers.

First, the third quarter coincides with the end of some key harvest and farming seasons, releasing a large number of seasonal workers to enter the market to find new jobs.

Meanwhile, promoting mechanization and applying high-tech agriculture in farms and cooperatives has optimized production scale, significantly reducing traditional manual labor positions.

Notably, the majority of this surplus labor force is older workers, working based on experience and without formal training, leading to failure to meet the strict recruitment requirements for modern machinery operation techniques of enterprises.

On the other hand, due to barriers in age, professional qualifications and soft skills, this labor force is very difficult to shift to industry or service groups in urban areas, forcing them to continue to stick to and register to find jobs in the agricultural sector, thereby increasing the situation of supply outmatching demand in the city.

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