London (VNA) – Bulgaria wants to employ Vietnamese workers who are suitable to the country’s labour demands, the Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Peter Dimitrov told the UK ’s Financial Times.

According to deputy chairman of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, Dikran Tabeyan, construction, tourism and information technology are the fields most lacking skilled employees.

About 80,000 to 100,000 jobs have not been filled this summer, he added.

Tabeyan said the lack of labourers in Bulgaria is due to the fact the country’s skilled workers and university graduates have flocked overseas to work in the past decade.

Bulgaria seeks Vietnamese workers to fill labour shortage