FINANCE-BANKING SECTOR OFFERS BEST WAGES

The 10 industries with the highest wages for mid-level and senior managers in 2015 appeared in a report recently released by Navigos Search, a job recruitment

service provider which holds a 35% market share in the employment market for mid-level and senior managers.

Though the finance-banking sector has been facing a slew of challenges, it gave monthly wages of VND100-200 million (US$4,460-8,930) for mid-level and

senior employees in the north of Vietnam last year, followed by the manufacturing and real estate sectors.

In HCMC, the healthcare sector took the lead in terms of salary, followed by consumer, retail and finance-banking sectors. The highest salaries of VND70-225

million per month were offered by top 10 industries in the south.    

Data of Navigos Search showed the manufacturing sector had the strongest recruitment demand in the last quarter of 2015, accounting for 22% of the total,

besides retail-consumer with 14%, textile-garment and finance-banking with 10% each and information technology with 7%.

Overall, the highest monthly salary for mid-level and senior managers stood at VND225 million last year, up 11% versus 2014.

Navigos Search said this year will see a significant change in recruitment demand.

According to the firm, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, consumer finance and information technology sectors will be in need of largest numbers of mid-

level and senior managers this year.

Source: The Saigon Times