1.1 million jobs created
Ha Noi, Nov. 4 (VNA) -- Viet Nam generated 1.1 million jobs in the first ten months of this year, achieving 78.5 percent of its yearly plan.
The figure included employment for over 280,000 in industrial production and construction, 250,000 in commercial services and 500,000 in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Ha Noi contributed 29,000 jobs to the figure, leading localities nationwide. It was followed by southern Vinh Long province with more than 12,000 jobs, Da Nang central city with 11,000 and central Phu Yen province, 10,000.
The country sent 40,000 workers abroad, including 3,700 to Malaysia, in the reviewed period.
In Malaysia, Viet Nam now has 12,677 people working under contract.
More than 6,000 of them work in the manufacturing sector; 1,400 in electronics; 2,000 in garment and textiles; nearly 2,000 in construction, and about 1,400 in other sectors.
