Workers at Duc Giang Garment Company Limited in Long Bien District in Hanoi. However, it was still higher than the same period before the COVID-19 pandemic.Unemployment continued to have a downward trend compared to the previous quarter and the same period last year. The number of unemployed people of working age during this period was over 1.6 million, down nearly 14,000 compared to the previous quarter and 658,000 compared to the same period last year.According to the GSO, in the past nine months, Vietnam's economy has witnessed a strong recovery in all economic sectors and workers' lives are improved. The average income of workers increased well in all three economic sectors.The income of salaried employees was 7.5 million VND (314 USD), an increase of 805,000 VND or 12.1% over the same period in 2021. Salaried workers in urban areas had an average income 1.24 times higher than those in rural areas./.