It indicated that high school graduates need 17.8 months to land their first stable and satisfactory job, 26%of young workers are overeducated for their jobs while 23.5% are underqualified.
Nearly two-thirds said they would rather work for the State thanks to job stability.Though 58.6% of youngsters have paid jobs, nearly half lack labour contracts. Over one-third are self-employed or work as unpaid family workers before finding a better job.
About 80% are in informal employment, lacking social welfare access and legal protection.
The ILO ran the survey in 53 countries from 2012-2016. In Vietnam, it polled more than 2,700 young people in 2012-2013 and over 2,200 in 2015. The survey is part of the Work4Youth project – a partnership between ILO and the MasterCard Foundation that aims to strengthen the production of labour market information specific to young people and work with policymakers on interpreting the data.