unemployment

Retail Asia01/10/2021

Vietnam’s unemployment rate rose to 3.72 percent in Q3, the highest since early 2020 when the novel coronavirus was first detected in the country. The rate was calculated among the working-age population, defined as those aged 15-60 for men and 15-55 for women, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Vietnam had around 49.2 million […]

Retail Asia16/09/2020

The number of applications for unemployment benefits in Hanoi as of September 10 has risen 22 percent year-on-year to nearly 60,000 as a fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Last month the Hanoi Center for Employment Services (HCES) received 9,000 applications, down from the monthly peak of 10,000 in June, Vu Quang Thanh, deputy director of […]

Retail Asia29/01/2019

Cracks are opening in China’s mighty economy: investors are backing away from deals, factories are moving abroad and companies are shedding jobs. The world’s second-largest economy is losing steam, hitting its slowest growth in almost three decades last year, and flagging further in recent months. While gross domestic product grew at 6.6% in 2018 – […]

Retail Asia21/12/2018

About 75 percent of Vietnamese graduates have either started their own business or are interested in opening one. A survey released Tuesday by Navigos, a leading provider of executive search services in Vietnam, also found hat 52 percent of fresh graduates want to attempt a startup in the near future. One in five respondents, or […]

Retail Asia29/11/2018

Food delivery startup Plum has laid off its entire staff, casting doubt on its continued operations in Singapore and its home market of Hong Kong. According to a report, Plum co-founder Desmond Clinton Cheung, who is also the company’s GM, said full-time contracts for all 110 workers, including his own, had been terminated. The company […]

Retail Asia29/10/2018

Ha Long’s only casino continues to lose employees due to a number of reasons, including its persistent losses. Hoang Gia Joint Stock Corporation (RIC) in Ha Long, Vietnam’s resort city, which runs the Casino Gaming Club, said the number of employees has fallen by 275 now compared to the beginning of the year. It has less […]

Retail Asia12/10/2018

South Korea’s jobless rate rose slightly in September due to a fall in employment in the retail and restaurant sectors, with poorer-than-expected job creation continuing, government data showed Friday. The unemployment rate stood at 3.6 percent last month, up 0.3 percentage point from a year earlier, marking the highest rate for September since September 2005, […]

Retail Asia09/05/2017

Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) Economist Dzulfian Syafrian positively welcomed the decline of the open unemployment rate (TPT) in February 2017 as much as 0.28 percent. This figure is lower compared to that of February 2016 with 0.17 percent. He also claimed that the drop indicates the increase of labor absorption. “However, […]

Retail Asia19/01/2017

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said in its report that the ministry has focused efforts on looking for solutions to develop the labor export market as the domestic market is having trouble. Around 1.6 million people were offered jobs last year, a 1% year-on-year increase. Of which some 1.5 million employees earned […]

Retail Asia08/11/2016

The Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said in August, 2016, the country had 7.03 million jobless people among 125.44 million of labor force. “Compared with August, 2015, the number of working people rose 3.59 million and the number of jobless people declined 530,000. The number of workforce, therefore, increased 3.06 million in August, 2016,” […]

Retail Asia21/12/2015

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South Korea’s unemployment rate stayed pat in November compared with the month before as gains in the manufacturing and hospitality sectors were offset by losses in the agrofisheries and retail segments, a government report showed Wednesday. According to the report by Statistics Korea, the rate stood at 3.1 percent last month, unchanged from October and […]

Retail Asia12/05/2015

Indonesia’s unemployment price elevated in February, in response to the newest knowledge from the Central Statistics Company, or BPS, amid slower financial progress. BPS’s February 2015 knowledge, launched on Tuesday, confirmed there have been 7.45 million unemployed individuals out of the full workforce of 128.three million within the nation. Because of this the unemployment price […]

Tag: unemployment

Vietnam unemployment rate peaks since Covid onset

60,000 file for unemployment benefits in Hanoi

Companies, workers struggle as cracks appear in China’s economy

Most Vietnamese graduates interested in startups: survey

Plum food delivery to cut entire staff

Vietnam’s Ha Long casino continues to lose staff on poor business performance

Korea’s jobless rate rises in September

Indonesia Sees Unemployment Drops by 0.28 Percent

Vietnam unemployment rate at 2.3%

Indonesian unemployment rate down in 2016

Korea’s jobless rate stays pat at 3.1% in November

Indonesia’s Unemployment Fee Will increase as Financial system Slows