Automation to kill Southeast Asian jobs: WEF

Automation to kill Southeast Asian jobs: WEF

Experts at the World Economic Forum have warned that huge employment problems will hit the region if skills do not keep up with technology advances.

A number of experts attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Hanoi, Vietnam, have warned that Southeast Asia could face huge employment problems if it does improve its skills fast.

Countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand could see millions of low-skilled workers losing their jobs due to the introduction of automation.Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said those Southeast Asian countries that depend heavily on manufacturing for their GDP will be among the worst affected.Nguyen’s […]

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