Vocational groups with high recruitment demand in Can Tho in the third quarter of 2026

According to the Can Tho City Employment Service Center (DVVL), in the third quarter of 2026, recruitment demand is most concentrated in occupational groups such as food processors, woodworking, garment and other handicrafts and other related workers, accounting for 34.08% of the total recruitment demand. Equivalent to these occupational groups are positions of seafood processing workers, garment workers, production workers,...

Next is the group of simple labor jobs, accounting for 27.59% of the total recruitment demand, in packaged positions, unskilled labor, technology drivers,...

Regarding the demand for recruiting workers by level, the group without training accounted for 67.51% and university accounted for 11.36%.

This data is based on the collection and statistics of labor recruitment needs from 349 businesses, with 24,173 vacant job positions to be recruited.

The Center believes that although the overall scale is relatively equivalent, labor supply and demand are still not balanced in some occupational groups, reflected in the difference between the recruitment needs of businesses and the job search needs of workers.

In which, the occupational group with a large labor supply-demand gap is the Agriculture - Forestry - Fishery group. The cause stems from the combination of seasonality, mechanization and limitations in the ability of workers to change careers.

In the third quarter of 2026, Can Tho City created jobs for 29,886 workers (accumulated for 9 months of 2026 is 84,542 workers). The Center provided employment counseling, employment policies and vocational training for 260,346 people, introduced jobs at home and abroad for 25,063 people, and provided domestic labor for 2,729 people through many direct and online forms. Among them, 2,331 workers went to work abroad under contracts.

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