In 2013: 70% of trainees found new jobs.

On the morning of July 17th, the Government held a conference to review the results of the three-year (2010-2012) vocational training program for rural laborers, chaired by Comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan, Member of the Politburo and Deputy Prime Minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan chaired the conference to review the results of the Vocational Training Program for Rural Workers.

According to the report presented at the conference, over the past three years, the program has supported vocational training for 1,088,393 rural workers. Of these, 480,897 received agricultural vocational training (44.2%), and 607,496 received non-agricultural vocational training (55.8%). Simultaneously, the rural vocational training program has provided training and professional development for 2,035,000 officials and civil servants.

The total expenditure was 4,778 billion VND, including 1,641 billion VND for vocational training support for rural laborers (1,060 billion VND from the central budget and 509.4 billion VND from local budgets); 2,930 billion VND for investment in vocational training equipment; and 251 billion VND for training and professional development of commune officials and civil servants.

Over the past three years, 822,460 people have found new jobs or continued in their old jobs with higher productivity and income; 193,083 people have been hired by businesses; and 55,222 people from poor households have found jobs and income after vocational training, escaping poverty, accounting for 44.1% of those who participated in vocational training.

Several localities have implemented comprehensive solutions, ranging from production planning and attracting businesses to invest in rural areas to organizing vocational training, providing production capital support, and ensuring product markets are linked to the construction of new rural areas. Examples include: Bac Giang with its Yen The hill chicken product; Bac Kan with its cassava and cassava vermicelli products; Ha Nam and Hau Giang with their organic pig farming models; and Thai Nguyen, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, and Dong Thap, which focus on attracting businesses to invest in rural areas.

However, vocational training for rural workers still reveals limitations and shortcomings such as: Many localities have not paid sufficient attention to supporting rural workers after training, especially in terms of production capital and product markets; five localities have not yet achieved the target of 70% of workers finding employment after training. The annual national funding for job creation remains limited, therefore, workers after training lack access to loans for production.

In some localities, vocational training still prioritizes quantity over quality, resulting in low quality that doesn't meet the needs of learners and employers. Furthermore, there's still a tendency to rely on central government funding for vocational training. In addition, the network of vocational training facilities, equipment, and teachers remains inadequate and lacking. These are some of the reasons why vocational training for rural areas in some localities has not achieved the goals set out in the Project.

The 2013 target was to support vocational training for approximately 600,000 rural workers, with 70% of trainees finding new jobs or continuing their old jobs but with higher productivity and income. The target for the next three years (2013-2015) is to support vocational training for 2,040,000 rural workers and provide training and professional development for commune officials.

According to (People's Army Newspaper) - LH