Jakarta, March 20 -- Manpower Minister Yassierli announced that Indonesia's labor market showed positive growth, with increased domestic and foreign work opportunities.

Data from the ministry's Labor Market Center recorded 341,086 job vacancies available in various industrial sectors.

"This figure reflects the positive growth of the Indonesian labor market and opens up great opportunities for people to develop their careers in various industrial sectors," he remarked in a statement on Thursday.

He noted that at present, 62,102 job vacancies are available from 16,166 companies nationwide.

Of that figure, the top five job sectors with the highest number of vacancies are sales (4,015 positions); manufacturing, transportation, and logisti...