"Human Resources"

The Japanese government will help some 1 million people, including non-regular workers, develop skills and find new jobs as part of measures to invest more in human resources. This is based on a draft plan aimed at realising a new form of capitalism advocated by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

HA NOI – Demand for human resources in Viet Nam’s information technology (IT) sector has reached a five-year peak with nearly 63,000 jobs to be filled in 2019, according to the second quarter report on Viet Nam’s IT market conducted by TopDev, an IT recruitment network and ecosystem.

Nissan has announced the appointment of Simon Woollard as regional vice president, human resources for Nissan Asia & Oceania, effective since January 1.

SMART INVESTMENT in human resources and infrastructure are necessary to advance the Thailand 4.0 policy and develop the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), experts suggest.

That is why the bank set up an academy to brief its 25,000 staff on its new business strategy to enable the country’s move towards the digital economic era, he said. He said the academy would teach how to do business and also about the bank’s business strategy for sustainable long-term growth.

EDUCATION campaigners say the current state education policies have failed to develop human resources for the nation and only focus on using the sector to serve political purposes.

MORE and more companies in Vietnam have shown advancements in the human-resources field, and “are on their way to be change agents with disruptive HR management strategies and policies”, according to Edward Foong, an HR expert in the Southeast Asia region

HANOI - Foong, who has been a judge for Vietnam HR Awards 2014 and 2016, said he had seen great improvements from all participants at the awards competition this year.