Vietnamese labourers facing with challenge of Industry 4.0Industry 4.0 poses a challenge to the Vietnamese labour force so significant that the only way to meet it is to impose reforms across the board, starting with education and training programmes, experts agreed at a seminar yesterday in Hanoi. “Industry 4.0 will leave no place for farming workers. The shortage of skilled workers as Industry 4.0 comes will also be very high,” Pham Quang Ngoc, an economist and labour market expert, said at the seminar. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Readiness for the Future of Production Report 2018, among the 100 countries assessed, Vietnam was ranked among those that aren’t ready for Industry 4.0. Not only lacking in professional knowledge, Vietnamese workers are weak in problem solving, leadership and communication skills.
