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The population of Dak Lak and the Central highlands is rurally based. Dak Lak province has one of the largest rural populations in the region, 78 percent compared to a regional average of 72 percent. As most production in the area is agricultural, the majority of the population are employed in agricultural work.
Figure: Rural/ Urban populations in the Central Highlands, 2003
Source: GSO 2005
Eighty-two percent of Dak Lak’s population are employed in agriculture, forestry or fishing, the highest percentage in the region and substantially higher than the national figure of 60 percent. Movement in employment across sectors has also been slow with very little movement between 2000 and 2003
Figure: Employment by sector, 2003
Source: GSO 2005
Figure: Employment structure of Central Highlands provinces, 2003, by sector
Enterprise employment
Dak Lak has a labor force of 712,500 people, the largest in the Central Highlands region. Of this 586,700 (82.4 percent) are employed in the agricultural sector, 28,600 (4 percent) in the industrial sector and 97,200 (13.6 percent) in services. This compares with regionally
averages of 78.5 percent in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, 6.4 percent in Industry and 15 percent in services. In 2003 the state employed 68,500 people in Dak Lak province, accounting for 36 percent of all state employees in the Central Highlands.
Figure: Number of employees in registered enterprises
Source: GSO 2005
Registered enterprises in Dak Lak province employed 53,996 people in 2003, 39 percent of all enterprise employees across the Central Highlands. Employment in registered enterprises accounts for 7.5 percent of employment across the province. As we have seen, under the criteria set out by the governments Decree 90, 94 percent of Dak Lak’s registered enterprises employ less than 300 people, 716 enterprises, and would be considered small or medium sized enterprises.
Monthly wage data from the GSO indicates that registered enterprises pay employees amongst the lowest wages in the Central Highlands region, only VND 856,000 per month. This compares to a national monthly wage of VND 1,422,000 and regional average monthly wage figures of VND 951,000. This has been increasing at an average of 23 percent a year in Dak Lak province.
Workers in the state sector fair better with monthly wages of VND 906,600; above the regional average of VND 900,500.
Wages in the State sector and in registered enterprises, 2003
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Registered Enterprises |
State sector |
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VND thousand per month |
VND thousand per month |
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2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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National |
1,103,000 |
1,249,000 |
1,422,000 |
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Kon Tum |
691,000 |
866,000 |
1,170,000 |
727,900 |
786,700 |
966,900 |
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Gia Lai |
662,000 |
802,000 |
1,001,000 |
535,400 |
615,900 |
752,600 |
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Lam Dong |
816,000 |
881,000 |
965,000 |
882,100 |
981,000 |
1,118,000 |
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Central Highlands average |
653,000 |
776,000 |
951,000 |
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Dak Lak |
566,000 |
690,000 |
856,000 |
761,100 |
816,900 |
906,600 |
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Dak Nong |
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855,000 |
636,700 |
688,300 |
758,700 |
Source: GSO 2005
Table: Availability of labor force by province
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Availability in quantity |
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Sufficient |
Insufficient |
Sufficient |
Insufficient |
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73% |
27% |
92% |
8% |
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An Giang |
66% |
34% |
89% |
11% |
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Hung Yen |
74% |
26% |
89% |
11% |
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Quang Nam |
71% |
29% |
100% |
0% |
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Dak Lak |
68% |
32% |
100% |
0% |
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Ha Tay |
83% |
17% |
100% |
0% |
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Ha Nam |
89% |
11% |
82% |
18% |
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Lao Cai |
71% |
29% |
82% |
18% |
Source: Vision Associates
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