In 2017, Nghe An strives to increase the rate of workers receiving vocational training to over 53%.

(Baonghean.vn) - That is one of the goals set at the 2017 task deployment conference organized by the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Attending the event were comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches and districts, cities and towns.

Overview of the Conference.

In 2016, Nghe An's labor, meritorious people and social work achieved some remarkable results such as: Creating jobs for 37,860 workers (reaching 101% of the plan), of which 12,898 people were sent abroad for labor export (an increase of 3% compared to the plan); Vocational training enrollment for 76,128 people; The province's poverty rate is estimated at 9.5% (down 2.6% compared to 2015 - reaching the planned target), the near-poor household rate decreased to 9.85%.

Teaching sewing to students at Quy Chau District Vocational Training Center.

In addition, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs focused on directing the settlement of regimes and policies for people with meritorious services and those who participated in the resistance war and have not yet enjoyed new regimes and policies after reviewing according to Directive 23 of the Prime Minister for 28,790 cases; mobilized 18.5 billion VND for the "Repaying gratitude" fund. Social protection work, child protection and care continued to be implemented effectively.

War invalids are cared for at the Nghe An Mental Health Nursing Center for War Invalids (photo: Thanh Cuong).

In addition to the achieved results, at the Conference, delegates also pointed out a number of shortcomings and limitations in the work of labor, meritorious people and society in 2016 such as: The number of Nghe An workers residing illegally after the expiration of their contracts is still high; The poverty reduction rate is not sustainable; Vocational training and job creation after drug rehabilitation are not effective; There are still mistakes in implementing policies for meritorious people...

In 2017, the Nghe An Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs strives to achieve basic targets and tasks such as: Creating new jobs for 37,000 - 38,000 workers, of which 12,500 - 13,000 workers are exported, while improving the effectiveness of implementing solutions to reduce the rate of Nghe An workers residing and working illegally in Korea; Increasing the rate of workers with vocational training to 53.1%; Reducing 2 - 3% of the poverty rate according to the multidimensional poverty standard. 99.4% of policy households with meritorious services to the revolution have an average or higher standard of living; mobilizing and collecting 18.6% of the billion VND of the Gratitude Fund...

Mr. Nguyen Bang Toan - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs emphasized: In 2017, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs focused on strengthening management, direction, inspection and supervision of sensitive and urgent areas such as: Resolving newly arising backlogs after reviewing people with revolutionary contributions; Solving jobs for workers; Vocational training to meet labor market requirements; Reception, Compulsory drug addiction treatment; Labor safety and hygiene...

On this occasion, 2 individuals were awarded the Third Class Labor Medal; 1 individual was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister./.

Minh Quan