Nghe An connects about 37,000 jobs waiting for workers

On the morning of August 4, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial People's Council held a meeting to review reports, submissions, and draft resolutions to prepare for the second session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021 - 2026.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the conference. Also attending were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chief of Office of the National Assembly Delegation - Provincial People's Council; representatives of relevant departments and branches.

At the meeting, evaluating reports and proposals related to the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year and tasks for the last 6 months of the year, many opinions focused on clarifying the results of Covid-19 prevention and control work, solutions for the coming time, including job creation for workers.

Regarding the opinion of the Provincial People's Council's Culture and Society Committee on the low vaccination rate in the province, Mr. Nguyen Huu Le - Deputy Director of the Department of Health said that Nghe An has about 2 million people aged 18 - 65 who are eligible for vaccination. Up to now, the province has deployed 80,000 vaccinations of all kinds, of which 2 doses have been fully vaccinated for about 23,000 cases.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Le - Deputy Director of the Department of Health spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Explaining the reason for the low rate of people being vaccinated, the leader of the Department of Health said that due to the recent situation of a general shortage of vaccine supply, priority is being given to distributing it to some large epidemic areas in the country; while in Nghe An, because it is one of the localities with good basic epidemic prevention and control, the vaccine arrived later.

In the near future, more vaccines will be distributed to Nghe An. Currently, the province has been allocated another 55,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine; and will later receive an additional 30,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine.

Regarding the direction for the last 6 months of 2021, the Deputy Director of the Department of Health assessed that there are 2 sources of Covid-19 infection in Nghe An; that is, from inside (currently basically controlled) and from outside due to population fluctuations from epidemic areas; therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to effective prevention and control of the epidemic from outside.

Accordingly, the strategic perspective of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic continues to be considered a long-term battle; the motto is to effectively implement: 5K + vaccine. In particular, in the coming period, it is necessary to strengthen communication work closely linked to practice to continue mobilizing the entire population to participate; consolidate the epidemic prevention and control network, especially the community Covid Teams.

Another content that the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council is very interested in is the implementation of social security and employment policies in the context of the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Comrade Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An said that Nghe An is currently implementing very well the plan to support workers and employers facing difficulties due to the pandemic according to Resolution 68 of the Government.

Currently, the whole province has 145 people receiving financial support such as: tour guides, artists, some workers who have temporarily stopped working, including workers raising young children. The Social Insurance sector has also supported businesses to reduce insurance premiums; temporarily suspend contributions to pension funds, death benefits, etc.

Comrade Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the job creation for workers, especially workers returning from epidemic areas, the Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An also said that, along with implementing solutions to support citizens, including welcoming citizens from the southern provinces back by air, the unit has coordinated to grasp the situation of people and workers with permanent residence in Nghe An from localities across the country returning to their hometowns during this epidemic.

The Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is working hard with districts, cities and towns to reassess the labor situation, employment needs and social security. Recently, the Provincial People's Committee also listened to and approved the Project on job creation in the next 5 years, linked to the development of the Covid-19 epidemic to have specific plans for labor and employment each year.

Regarding job creation for workers, comrade Doan Hong Vu said that through connections with businesses, there are currently about 37,000 job positions inside and outside the province, of which about 27,000 jobs in the province are waiting for workers and the provincial Employment Service Center currently has very detailed information.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, job fairs could not be organized, but the Department directed the implementation of job consultations and mobile job fairs in communes and hamlets to promote to the people. In addition, the Provincial Employment Service Center has a website, zalo, fanpage... to connect workers and businesses.