Graduate unemployment and ‘over-education’ rising

By Hiep Pham. As a new batch of graduates emerged from Vietnam’s universities in recent weeks, the country was facing twin problems of increasing unemployment among young people and a phenomenon of ‘over-education’ – graduates who fail to find jobs that use their skills. By October last year, Vietnam already had 165,000 unemployed graduates, or some 17% of the overall jobless total. Read more...