HCM City’s business education levels announced

More than half of staff of firms at Ho Chi Minh City’s export processing zones and industrial parks had low levels of education, according to a survey by the municipal Department of Science and Technology.

Of the staff 429 businesses surveyed, 51% had low levels of education, the department said Tuesday.

Only 1% the firms’ employees had high levels of education and 36 percent had average levels.

At Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, where foreign-invested enterprises made up the majority of firms, 61% of the surveyed businesses had low education levels.

The survey found 11% of employees had completed high school and 6% had a university degree. (TN)