Hanoi (VNA) - As theLunar New Year (Tet) holiday is approaching, many companies have high demand for short-termemployers, with some wiling to pay them up to 1 million VND (43 USD) per day.

Cashiers, warehouse staff, gift wrappers,supermarket workers, security guards and caterers are some of the most indemand jobs.

Vinmart convenience stores system is employingsome 1,000 salesmen in Hanoi to serve for Tet occasion. FromNovember 2018, Big C Thang Long supermarket chain also announced therecruitment for the Tet holiday in positions such as giftbasket wrapping, warehouse staff and cashier staff.

Some jobs such as domestic helpers and securityguards are offered very good pay to work ahead of Tet.

According to the Quoc Thang Security ServiceCompany Limited, this firm is recruiting short-term employees and offering arate of 200,000-700,000 VND per day, and the rate for Lunar New Year is 600,000-1.2million VND per day.  The company started to recruit three monthsbefore Tet but the supply still cannot meet demand.

In terms of domestic workers, the salaryfluctuates from 500,000-1 million VND per day. According to some servicecompanies which supply domestic helpers, since the beginning of January, manyhouseholds begin depositing money to recruit domestic workers for Tet.

Vu Thi Thanh Lieu, Vice Director of the Hanoi Centre for Employment Service, said from the beginning of November,the centre has received many orders for seasonal workers from enterprises, mostof them commercial services firms.

Currently, the supply of seasonal workers isplentiful because workers want to take advantage of this occasion to find workand earn more money, Lieu added.-VNA