YBO - From the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022, nearly 15 enterprises outside the province registered on the website of Yen Bai province’s Employment Service Centre to recruit workers from Yen Bai. These enterprises mainly came from Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, and Quang Ninh.
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Workers searching for jobs on the website of the provincial Employment Service Centre.
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After working in Bac Ninh province, Le Thi Hai, from Co Phuc town of Tran Yen district, now wants to find a stable job close to her home. Through an introduction of the Employment Service Centre, Hai learnt that Vina KNF International Co., Ltd. was recruiting workers in many positions with an average salary of 5-7 million VND per month. She is completing a job application to send to the company’s recruitment desk.
Hai is only one among thousands of Yen Bai labourers who need jobs after a long leave due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At present, companies and businesses also have demand for workers to ensure production in the new year, making up for the shortage of workers in the past time.
Even on the first days of the new lunar year, on the website of the provincial Employment Service Centre, there are often businesses inside and outside the province advertising job vacancies with focus on such fields as garment, wood, electronics, food and some commercial and service industries.
The job market in the province is quite vibrant, with more than 10 companies, factories and enterprises posting their recruitment plans such as: Vina KNF International Company Limited in Co Phuc town, Tran Yen district; European Wood Plastic joint Stock Company in the Southern Industrial Park of Yen Bai city; and Yen Bai Agro-Forestry Products joint Stock Company.
Currently, businesses need to recruit about 2,000 employees with positions like sales channel developer, cashier, receptionist, agricultural engineer, unskilled worker, and garment worker, with the initial salary from 4.5 to 7 million VND per month with welfare policies.
Companies need to recruit at least 300 employees, some even need 5,000 employees. They also offer salaries from 7 to 10 million VND depending on each position with attractive commitments.
In 2022, Yen Bai province strives to create jobs for 19,500 workers, provide vocational training for 18,000 people with the rate of trained labourers reaching 66 percent, and have 6,650 locals shift from the agricultural to non-agricultural sector.
In 2025, the province has set a target to create employment for 20,000 workers, with a trained labor rate reaching 70.2%. Of this, the proportion of workers receiving training for three months or longer and obtaining certificates or diplomas is expected to reach 40.1%. Additionally, Yen Bai aims to recruit and train 18,000 new vocational trainees and transition 7,000 workers from agricultural to non-agricultural sectors.
Yen Bai Province currently boasts more than 700 library models, including 17 family and lineage libraries, and over 690 community and school libraries.
In 2024, Yen Bai province sent 114 workers to South Korea under the Work Permit Program for foreign workers and the pilot program for sending seasonal workers to South Korea, which is part of the cooperative efforts between localities of the two countries.
Yen Bai City aims to complete 56 targets outlined in its Digital Transformation Plan for 2025. The city has committed to mobilizing all available resources and implementing synchronized solutions under the motto: “Innovation, Creativity, Determination, Discipline, Efficiency.”