10% of young Vietnamese unemployed
One in 10 young people is unemployed and the risk of losing a job for young workers is three times higher than that of older laborers, the government has reported.
The unemployment rate among young laborers (aged 15-29) was 7.6% over the first quarter of this year, according to official data. The figure is 3.4 times higher than the overall rate (2.25%), Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh told a forum on Friday.
