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Skilled labor needed for development zones in Laos

Xinhua, December 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

A large number of skilled labor remains in high demand for development zones across Laos, especially the Saysettha Development Zone in capital Vientiane, according to an official of Saysettha on Wednesday.

"It can be observed that we have a large quantity of workers but they are still insufficient to meet the high demands for the labor market, especially in the industrial sector," Deputy General Manager of the Lao-China Joint Venture Investment Co., Ltd. Kiengkham Phoutchanthavongsa was quoted by local Vientiane Times as saying on Wednesday.

At present, more than 300 Lao and foreign workers are employed in the Saysettha Development Zone which is jointly established by Lao and Chinese governments. About 35 Chinese and foreign companies have already moved into the zone to invest in agricultural product processing, clean energy production, logistics, commerce and trade, machine manufacturing and industrial construction, Kiengkham said.

In addition, the zone is preparing to develop residential land, including a hospital and a school, in the second phase of the project. Therefore, the zone needs to invest in constructing a vocational school to train workers for those industries. It will cooperate with vocational schools in Vientiane to train skilled labor for factories in the zone, he added.

Lao government is promoting and developing skilled labor in the country to meet the demands of both local and international labor markets.

According to the labor and social welfare sector of Laos, over the first 10 months of 2016, the sector has provided jobs for 2,468 people and exported 45,768 labors to work abroad in commercial agriculture, industry and services.

In 2017, the government will strive to create more jobs and limit unemployment to around 2 percent of the Lao population.

In addition, the country will develop about 131,600 skilled workers, improve job recruitment services and build labor information systems to enable a balance between labor demand and supply, especially for the new labor force of 143,000 people. Endit