Manufacturers see rising recruitment demand in Hai Phong
Addressing labor demand is a key factor for businesses to accelerate growth from the start of the year.
Strong recruitment demand
The V3 factory of LG Innotek Vietnam Hai Phong, located in Trang Due Industrial Park, has recently come into operation with a floor area of 150,000 sq m.
According to Park Hong Keun, General Director of LG Innotek Vietnam Hai Phong, to meet orders for next-generation camera modules for upcoming smartphone models, the company is seeking the city’s support to recruit 2,600 workers for the V3 plant.
At a recent meeting with three LG Group companies — LG Electronics Vietnam Hai Phong, LG Display Vietnam Hai Phong, and LG Innotek Vietnam Hai Phong — all based in Trang Due Industrial Park, the firms jointly proposed that the city and the Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority support them in recruiting sufficient labor to meet demand for production expansion, new factory construction, and new product development.
Not only enterprises in economic zones and industrial parks, manufacturers across sectors are also seeing rising recruitment demand due to increased orders and production expansion.
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Bui Thi Thanh of Due Tri Creative Technology Co., Ltd. (Nguyen Giap commune) said that since the Lunar New Year, the company has secured additional orders. To ensure delivery schedules, it is expanding one production workshop and plans to recruit 1,000 workers across multiple positions, offering average monthly incomes of 8–16 million dong per person.
According to the Industrial Park Trade Union under the Hai Phong Confederation of Labor, 350 enterprises are seeking to recruit more than 35,000 workers, mainly in electronics, mechanical engineering, garments and footwear.
Need for long-term solutions
According to the Industrial Park Trade Union, the rate of workers returning to work after the Lunar New Year has remained high, laying an fundamental foundation for businesses to meet order schedules from the early months of the year.
This is reflected in the city’s index of industrial production, which rose 14.81% year-on-year in the first two months of 2026.
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Nguyen Hoang Long, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, said the city aims to achieve industrial production growth of 15.5–16% in 2026. To meet this target, the city is expected to need an additional 36,400 workers.
To attract high-quality labor and compete with neighboring localities, the department has advised the city to effectively implement three resolutions of the municipal People’s Council on improving workforce quality, attracting talent, and developing human resources in semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
To address labor-related bottlenecks, Pham Van Thep, head of the Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority, said the authority has introduced various measures to attract workers from other provinces to Hai Phong.
Recently, the authority coordinated with the city’s Confederation of Labor to organize a job fair with the participation of more than 90 enterprises, connecting thousands of workers and helping companies supplement their workforce.
To attract and retain workers, especially young laborer from other localities, the city needs to prepare sufficient social housing stock and strictly control selling prices so workers can access housing at original prices.
In addition, infrastructure investors in industrial parks should be required to develop social housing and worker housing in line with commitments. This is seen as an effective solution to retain workers, making Hai Phong an attractive place for both experts and workers.
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