An employment promotion center has been launched in HCM City offering job opportunities at foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses for students in central Viet Nam after they graduate.

Representative from Dong A University. The employment center will offer job opportunities at foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses for students in central Viet Nam. VNS Photo Phuong Chi

It’s the first job promotion center in HCM City with an aim of attracting high quality staff from the central and central highlands region.

The centre, which was jointly established in co-operation with social support service 3S company; Akane human resources development company and Da Nang-based Dong A University, plans to supply 30 per cent of graduated students to the FDI enterprises in the southern region each year.

Chairman of council and vice rector of Dong A University, Luong Minh Sam said the co-operation in human resources supply will create more employment opportunities for students in central Viet Nam.

“Southern region is a huge labor market with more than 18,000 FDI projects in HCM City, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Dong Nai, Long An, Tay Ninh, and Binh Phuoc provinces and petroleum projects,” said Sam.

“We have inked educational co-operation plans with Liverpool John Mores University (UK), Satakunta University of applied Science (Finland), Lincoln University and Angelo State University from the US in providing English-speaking human resources for both FDI and enterprises abroad. "

He added that Japanese, Korean and Chinese language training courses will also open up opportunities for jobseekers.

Students will be able to take part in one-year on-the-job training with businesses before signing labor contract after graduation.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Dong Nai, Binh Duong and HCM City were three key destinations for hi-quality laborers as the three localities have hosted more than 12,000 FDI projects worth US$112 billion.

In March, more than 200 students from Dong A University were recruited to work in Japan.

Partners from cities and businesses in Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan also inked agreements on the recruitment of students from central Viet Nam.

Several universities in central Viet Nam built up the ‘Twinning program’ with universities from China, South Korea, Japan, the US, Germany, France and Australia to create more employment opportunities for students.

The ‘Twinning program’ offers a three-year education in Viet Nam and one year abroad or a two-year course in Viet Nam and a two-year session in foreign countries.

A recent survey from Da Nang University unveiled that from 75 per cent to 94 per cent of students at universities and colleges in Da Nang were successfully employed by both local and foreign businesses six months after graduation. 

Source: VNS