More than 11% of urban youth are unemployed

The unemployment rate of young people (aged 15-24) in the first 9 months of the year was 7.04%, 3 times higher than the general rate, of which the urban area was 11.65% and the rural area was 5.27%.

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For every 100 urban youth, 11 are unemployed. This is the data just released by the General Statistics Office at the press conference "announcing the socio-economic situation in the first 9 months" of this year.

Accordingly, the unemployment rate of young people (aged 15-24) in the first 9 months of the year was 7.04%, 3 times higher than the general rate, of which urban areas were 11.65% and rural areas were 5.27%. Many experts believe that the risk of unemployment for young workers is at an alarming level. This also shows the important role of education and training as well as the need to transfer labor from school to the working environment.

As of October this year, the country's labor force aged 15 and over was estimated at more than 54 million people, up 0.2% over the same period last year. Of which, rural areas accounted for more than 67%.

According to VTV