Proposed criteria for identifying low-income workers

Accordingly, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs proposed to supplement regulations on criteria for identifying low-income workers under the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that on January 18, 2022, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 90/QD-TTg approving the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period.

The National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period has identified funding sources for both the 2021-2025 period and annually to support vocational training for subjects, including low-income workers.

However, currently, there is no specific document defining low-income workers, so 48 localities have been allocated funds from the Program but cannot provide vocational training support for low-income workers.

According to reports from 73 ministries, branches and localities, as of June 30, 2024, about 167,980 workers from poor households, near-poor households and households that have just escaped poverty have received vocational skills training support; low-income workers have not yet received support due to the lack of specific documents.

Therefore, according to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, identifying low-income workers as a basis for providing vocational training support for this group is extremely necessary.

Criteria for identifying low-income workers

In the draft, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs proposed to add point c1 to Clause 2, Article 3 of Decree No. 07/2021/ND-CP stipulating criteria for identifying low-income workers under the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period.

Specifically: Workers who are not from poor households or near-poor households are identified as low-income workers when they belong to households: 1- Rural areas: with an average income per capita/month of less than VND 2,250,000; 2- Urban areas: with an average income per capita/month of less than VND 3,000,000.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that if approved, the above proposal will contribute to the goal of supporting vocational training at the elementary level and under 3 months for about 1 million workers from poor households, near-poor households, households that have just escaped poverty, and low-income workers to serve the socio-economic development of the region and locality.

Readers are invited to view the Proposal to develop a Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 07/2021/ND-CP dated January 27, 2021 of the Government regulating multidimensional poverty standards for the period 2021 - 2025 and provide comments here.