217,000 workers lost their jobs, mainly in which industries and provinces?

Labor market faces difficulties

The General Statistics Office said that the labor force and working laborers in the second quarter increased compared to the previous quarter. However, the labor market is still facing many difficulties due to the lack of production orders for businesses.

In addition, the situation of workers being forced to take time off, quit their jobs, and lose their jobs in enterprises continues, with a tendency to shift to the informal sector. The General Statistics Office assessed that the labor market has recovered but is not yet truly sustainable.

According to the General Statistics Office, the pressure to lay off workers from businesses has created a strong shift of labor from the industrial and construction sectors to the service sector. Informal labor in the service sector has increased sharply.

The number of people aged 15 and over working in the second quarter reached nearly 51.2 million, an increase of 83,300 compared to the previous quarter. Of which, 19.0 million people lived in urban areas (accounting for 37.1%) and 32.2 million people lived in rural areas, an increase of 18,000 people.

The decline in orders has affected the labor force in the industrial sector, especially in the textile and garment industry, wood processing industry, and the manufacturing of electronic products, computers, and optical products. The number of employees in these industries in the second quarter all decreased compared to the previous quarter.

217.000 lao động mất việc, chủ yếu ở những ngành nghề nào, tỉnh nào? - 1 — Many workers' jobs are affected due to lack of orders from businesses (photo: Huu Nghi).

The unemployment rate increased compared to the previous quarter and the same period last year. Workers in the Southeast region were most affected.

The labor market this quarter did not maintain the recovery and improvement momentum as in the first quarters of 2022. The number of unemployed people in the age group is about 940,700 people.

240,000 people laid off

According to the General Statistics Office, the situation of many businesses in various industries and localities cutting orders has been going on since the fourth quarter of 2022 and has continued into the second quarter. This has led to hundreds of thousands of workers having their working hours reduced, losing their jobs, affecting their lives.

According to a quick report from localities, the number of workers laid off by businesses nationwide in the second quarter was about 241,500, a decrease of 52,500 people compared to the previous quarter.

The majority of workers taking time off work are foreign-invested enterprises, mainly concentrated in the leather, footwear and textile industries.

Some provinces where the above situation occurs are Bac Giang (9,300 people), Binh Duong (9,800 people), Quang Ngai (10,300 people), Tien Giang (11,900 people), Binh Phuoc (17,000 people), Ninh Binh (19,800 people), Thanh Hoa (98,300 people).

The number of workers who lost their jobs in the second quarter of 2023 was 217,800. The majority of them were workers in the textile, footwear, electronic components and products manufacturing, and wood processing industries.

Previously, after receiving a report from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs on the situation of labor cuts at PouYuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Binh Tan, Ho Chi Minh City), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha directed relevant ministries and branches to take action and find solutions to support workers and businesses.

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to grasp the actual situation of unemployed workers to proactively and promptly implement appropriate solutions according to regulations; preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to develop a project to issue policies to support workers.

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