FDI generally goes into industries that require medium to very skilled workers, experts have said. “The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to be more complicated in 2021 and the world is still in the ‘new normal’ phase,” Bui Ton Hien, director of the Institute of Labour and Social Affairs, told a webinar on July 22. “Businesses have to optimise their operation and production to be both more effective and safer. “Foreign-invested firms in manufacturing will lean more towards automation, and will thus influence demand for labour skills and skilled jobs in the market in the next two to three years.” The webinar heard the results of a comprehensive survey of over 200 foreign