Young people build careers in Hai Phong
Hai Phong is becoming a destination for many young people to build their careers, while also placing increasingly high demands on them in terms of foreign languages, technology and professional skills.
Choosing the port city to get started
Leaving their hometowns for Hai Phong to study, work and eventually settle down is becoming a choice for many young people. For Pham Minh Trung, who is from Ninh Binh, his initial decision to come to Hai Phong was simply to find a job related to his field of study. However, after living and working in the city for some time, he saw its continued development and dynamic professional environment, gradually changing his plans.
“At first, I mainly came to Hai Phong to find a job in logistics that matched my major. After a year here, I realized that the city offers many opportunities for young people to develop, especially as industrial parks, businesses and the logistics sector continue to expand. The convenient living environment also makes me want to stay longer. If the conditions are right, I hope to build my career and settle down in Hai Phong,” said Trung.
Trung’s choice partly reflects the appeal of the labor market, which is expanding alongside the city’s economic development. Manufacturing, seaports and logistics continue to play important roles. At the same time, trade, services, tourism, technology and the digital economy are creating more job opportunities. Under its development orientation for 2026-2030, Hai Phong aims to build a modern, civilized and ecological industrial port city while accelerating digital and green transformation.
These changes are increasingly evident in business operations. At some seaport and logistics companies, warehouse management and transport management platforms, ePort, Smart Gate, AI cameras and data systems have been put into operation. Technology is gradually changing how businesses produce, manage operations and use labor.
As a result, many young people are coming to Hai Phong not only to find immediate employment but also hoping to build long-term careers here.
Broader opportunities, changing recruitment standards
The development of the labor market is also creating new requirements for recruitment.
A degree in the relevant field remains an important foundation, but an increasing number of positions require candidates to have additional foreign language and digital skills, the ability to use technology, communicate and work in a modern environment. In particular, in industry, logistics, services and technology, young people are paying increasing attention to businesses’ practical requirements, especially the gap between what they learn and the skills needed at work.
This trend is clearly reflected in activities connecting labor supply and demand in the city. In May 2026, the Hai Phong Employment Service Center organized a specialized job fair themed “Smart industry - Digital logistics - Green supply chains,” connecting businesses with workers in fields associated with technology, digital transformation and green economic development.
Discussing the demand for high-quality logistics personnel, Associate Professor PhD Pham Xuan Duong, Rector of Vietnam Maritime University, said that its training program aims to develop a workforce of logistics engineers and graduates who are “proficient in their profession, skilled in foreign languages and able to master digital technology.”
Along with learning foreign languages and technology, many students are also taking the initiative to gain early internship experience, join short-term training courses, earn professional certificates or find part-time jobs related to their majors.
These changes are particularly noteworthy as Hai Phong continues to pursue the development of smart logistics and attract high-tech, research and development, semiconductor and artificial intelligence projects. Accordingly, demand for human resources is growing not only in quantity but also increasingly in quality.
MAI LINH