Labor recruitment in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 will reach more than 313,680 positions

On January 1, 2026, Ms. Nguyen Van Hanh Thuc - Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Employment Service Center - said that the demand for labor recruitment in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 will reach 313,681 positions. This reflects the large-scale recruitment demand in the context of production - service recovery and investment expansion.

The analysis of recruitment demand by location shows that Ho Chi Minh City (formerly) leads with 136,340 positions, accounting for 43.46% of the whole region and plays the role of economic - service - financial - technology center.

Binh Duong province (formerly) ranked second with 105,080 positions, equivalent to 33.50%, continuing to affirm its role as the "industrial capital" of the region, where industrial - export processing zones maintain continuous labor demand.

Ba Ria Vung Tau province (formerly) has a recruitment demand of 72,261 positions, accounting for 23.04%, focusing on the fields of engineering - mining - oil and gas, logistics - seaports and tourism.

This distribution reflects the simultaneous operation of three economic models: services - technology in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly), production - processing in Binh Duong (formerly), and logistics - port - tourism in Vung Tau (formerly).

Although recruitment needs are divided relatively evenly, the level of skill requirements and the nature of work between the three areas are clearly different, requiring closer inter-regional supply-demand coordination to optimize labor movement.

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