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Hanoi (VNA) – The third
COVID-19 resurgence has
weakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020
and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to
informal employment,
according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).
A survey by the GSO reveals that though there was a fall in
employment in the first quarter of 2021, the number of working females rose
against the same period last year.
The increase, however, was largely due to a higher number of
women working in the informal sector, the GSO said, adding that the growth of females