HN: Over 130,000 laborers find jobs each year

January 07, 2013 7:17 PM GMT+7

VGP – Ha Noi has generated annually over 130,000 jobs for local residents since 2009, according to the Ha Noi Occupation Center.

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In 2012, around 1.3 million working-age people were able to find jobs including 120,000 from urban area and over 1.1 million from rural areas.

However, the unemployment rate increased in the 2009-2012 period.

In 2012, 1,040 unemployed people were given vocational training assistance, up 3.3 times against 2011 and 31.5 times against 2010./.

By Khanh Phuong