Demand for textile and garment labor increases
The textile and garment industry in Hue and Nghe An is in the stage of recovery and strong development. A series of businesses have expanded their scale, leading to increased recruitment demand. However, reality shows that the labor force does not meet demand, affecting production progress and export orders.
In Nghe An, with more than 40 textile and garment production projects and facilities, of which 30 factories are in operation and 10 projects are under implementation, the textile and garment industry has created jobs for about 26,000 - 27,000 workers, mainly people in rural areas. However, businesses have not recruited enough workers, especially during peak orders.
According to statistics, Nghe An province has about 16,000 enterprises, the annual demand for labor recruitment is up to 50,000 people, of which trained and high-quality workers are increasingly prioritized. At the 2025 Job Fair in the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone, 20 enterprises registered to recruit 36,000 unskilled workers and 4,000 skilled workers.
In Hue, the demand for textile and garment recruitment is no less vibrant. Since the beginning of 2025, garment enterprises such as Scavi Hue, MSV, Son Ha Hue, AMP - Phong Dien... have all registered to recruit thousands of unskilled workers. Scavi Hue Company alone needs 2,080 employees, with a starting salary of over 8 million VND/month and many attractive treatment policies such as support for young children, contract bonuses, and personnel introduction bonuses.
Despite many attractive policies, businesses have not yet recruited enough workers, even at job fairs, the number of applications can be counted on the fingers.
Treatment policy needs to be improved
According to Mr. Tran Phi Hung, Head of the Department of Employment - Labor Safety (Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An), the main reason why businesses have difficulty recruiting workers is that supply and demand have not met.
Nghe An currently has 1.6 million workers, but 700,000 people have left the province to work in other localities, along with 80,000 workers working abroad. This has caused the labor supply in the province to shrink.
Some businesses pay low salaries, not meeting the expectations of workers, leading to them not wanting to work in garment factories. Many female workers in Hue choose to open small-scale tailor shops instead of working at garment companies, even though their income may be equivalent or lower. Taking advantage of their time and lack of pressure are the main reasons why they refuse to work in factories.
Unskilled workers are easily attracted to better treatment policies from other companies, leading to continuous personnel fluctuations due to job changes.
To overcome the above situation, businesses need to proactively train workers and support vocational training right at the factory with incentives. Link with vocational schools and labor training centers to have a stable human resource in the future. Adjust salary levels, increase social benefits (support for housing, young children, shuttle buses...). Apply a reward policy, retain employees for a long time, limit the situation of "jumping jobs".
In addition to the job fair, businesses need to use social networks and labor supply companies to find candidates. Proactively recruit directly in remote districts and communes to have more labor.
Head of the Labor Market Management Department, Hue City Employment Service Center Bui Khanh said that with the goal of recruiting 4,000 workers in the first quarter of 2025, garment enterprises in Hue need to adjust recruitment methods and improve treatment policies to ensure human resources and maintain production activities this year. Finding labor is not only an immediate problem, but also requires a long-term strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the textile and garment industry in the future.
