According to the Hanoi Employment Service Center, the labor market in the last months of 2025 was strengthened by a positive investment foundation and business environment. The city has accelerated the disbursement of public investment capital, recording investment capital implemented from the State budget in 2025 reaching 94,200 billion VND, an increase of 29.9% compared to the same period. Along with that, attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) has exceeded the plan target for the whole year, reaching 43 billion USD. Strong investment capital flows from both the public and private sectors are and will continue to create many new projects, directly promoting labor recruitment demand in the coming time.
The Hanoi Employment Service Center believes that the business environment of the Capital also shows a dynamic picture. In 2025, there were over 32,400 newly established businesses with registered capital increasing by 12% compared to the same period, showing that the economic picture of the Capital has many bright colors even though the global economic context still has many negative signals. However, the market also shows strong screening and restructuring when there are up to 27,600 businesses registered to temporarily suspend operations and 10,600 businesses dissolved, with a dissolving rate increasing by 54%. This reflects a highly competitive environment, requiring workers to constantly improve their skills to adapt to the continuous movement of the market.
Hanoi Employment Service Center forecasts that the labor market in January 2026 will continue to have a positive trend, many businesses and units still have high recruitment demand to ensure human resources for production and business activities in 2026. It is expected that 4 industries will have high recruitment demand: Wholesale and retail (up about 6%); manufacturing industry (up about 5%); construction (up about 5%); transportation and logistics services (up about 4%).
At the same time, some industries tend to reduce recruitment in the year-end period such as: Real estate business activities, professional activities in science and technology, education and training...
