On the morning of January 9, Lao Dong Newspaper reporters' records in the Thang Long Industrial Park Recruitment Board Area (Hanoi City) showed that the advertising notices pasted on the boards were much less than at the time of the year.
If a few months ago, many billboards were nearly covered with recruitment notices, at this time, there are only 1-2 notices.
The notices posted on the recruitment board provide quite attractive job information. Enkei Vietnam Company recruits 24 male workers with long-term labor contracts. Application deadline is until the end of February 7, 2026.
Ryonan Electric Vietnam Company needs to recruit 50 male and 50 female official production workers with salaries ranging from 9.5 million VND/month to 11 million VND/month (including basic salary, allowances and overtime)....
Present at the recruitment board area, Mr. Do Xuan Dang (from Phu Tho) said that he had just quit his seasonal job at a company in the industrial park. Today, taking advantage of the time on the way to the company to collect belongings, he stopped by the recruitment board to see if there was any suitable job.
However, at the end of the Lunar New Year, there are few companies posting labor recruitment needs, so choosing is quite difficult. I searched for a while and have not found a suitable job," Mr. Dang said.
According to Mr. Dang, if he cannot find a suitable job in the industrial park, he will find a job serving in a dining hall or restaurant to be fed, have accommodation, and save on rent and living expenses, even if the salary is lower. Currently, he is renting a house costing more than 1 million VND/month.
Mr. Dang said that usually in March, April and July, August every year, the demand for labor recruitment of businesses will be higher. "At the time near the end of the Gregorian calendar, many companies need manpower to meet the deadline for completing orders, so they will need to recruit more," Mr. Dang said.
This male worker believes that after the Lunar New Year holiday, companies will recruit more to meet the demand for orders for the new year.
According to reporters' records, some workers come to this recruitment board area just to refer to job information, not believing they will find a job immediately at the end of this year.
Mr. Nguyen Khanh (born in 1985, from Thai Nguyen) said that on the morning of January 9, on the way to visit relatives in Hanoi, he saw a recruitment board at Thang Long Industrial Park, he stopped by to find out information.
From before until now, I have been doing freelance work, with unstable income. I plan to find a job in Thang Long Industrial Park after Tet to have a stable monthly income. I find work in Thang Long Industrial Park more stable than in my hometown, but I have to be away from home," Mr. Khanh shared.
Mr. Khanh said that after reviewing the advertising notices, he has not yet found a suitable job. "At the end of the year, there are fewer companies recruiting workers. Perhaps after Tet I will return to find a job. A job with an income of 10 million VND/month or more will be suitable," Mr. Khanh shared.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang - Chairman of the Trade Union of High-Tech Parks and Industrial Parks of Hanoi City - said that at present, businesses in industrial parks still recruit, but few, not many workers.
According to Mr. Thang, in 2025, businesses in industrial parks will recruit more workers. At this time, there are cases where companies really want to have more human resources, have more regimes to retain workers and attract new workers, but recruitment is very difficult.
The recruitment of workers depends on the orders of businesses; as soon as there are orders, businesses will recruit," Mr. Thang said.
