EAST ASIAN MARKETS STILL PRESENTING AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPATS
September 1st, 2017
MOST of East Asia’s dynamic economies have traditionally relied on expats and there are no readily discernible signs that this is decreasing.
In Vietnam, which has been benefitting from production lines migrating from China amid rapidly rising labour and land costs there, increasing the number of expats six-fold since 2004 to almost 100,000 in 2016, the shortage of engineers and managers can be seen throughout most sectors.
Observers hold that local engineers are not up to date with the latest information and technology, while managers remain weak in soft ...
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