By 2025, 70% of workers will work in the industrial and service sectors.

On the afternoon of May 16, in Cua Lo town,Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairsorganize a conference to deploy the Development Strategyvocational educationperiod 2021 - 2025, vision to 2045 and implementing key tasks in 2022 in the North Central and Central Coast regions.

Attending and directing the conference were comrades: Le Tan Dung - Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Truong Anh Dung - General Director of the General Department of Vocational Education. On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. The conference was attended by leaders of the Departments of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, colleges and vocational secondary schools located in the North Central and Central Coast regions. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported on the characteristics of the situation in Nghe An province and vocational training in the province in recent years.

Currently, the province has 62 vocational training establishments and the number of students participating in vocational training is increasing day by day. The quality and effectiveness of training have changed positively with the employment rate reaching 80.76%, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of the province and the country in general.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha

In addition to the achieved results, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also pointed out difficulties in vocational education and job creation such as the unbalanced training workforce between occupations, training levels, and the quality of some training occupations not meeting the requirements of the market.labor.

In many places, the network of vocational training facilities is still limited, small in scale, the quantity and quality of teaching staff is lacking and the structure is not guaranteed; facilities and equipment are lacking and outdated, not meeting training requirements in the new situation.

From the above reality, comrade Bui Dinh Long highly appreciated the implementation of the conference. Thereby, it aimed to analyze and evaluate the challenges and difficulties, clarify the opportunities and advantages and propose effective solutions to develop vocational education quickly and sustainably, following the orientation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress. The conference was also an opportunity to introduce, promote and learn more experiences in vocational education; at the same time, seek and share cooperation opportunities with colleagues, experts and managers in the field of vocational education.

Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha

From this conference, Nghe An also recognized and re-evaluated the leadership and direction of vocational education development in the recent past, and had more important information and orientations to develop vocational education and solve employment problems for workers in Nghe An province in the new context.

Within the framework of the conference, delegates also heard the plan to implement the Vocational Education Development Strategy for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2045 (Decision No. 2239/QD - TTg dated December 30, 2021 of the Prime Minister; Plan to implement projects and sub-projects on vocational education in the National Target Programs for the period 2021 - 2025; recruitment and training work associated with employment.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Tan Dung - Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs affirmed: The vocational education development strategy has extremely practical significance and is a guideline for the vocational education system. On that basis, vocational education activities in the coming time will closely follow the goals, targets, tasks, solutions and action programs identified in the Vocational Education Development Strategy for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045.

Delegates listen to an introduction to the Vocational Education Development Strategy. Photo: My Ha

The Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs also said that vocational education is always viewed in a comprehensive relationship with education and training, the domestic and international labor market; vocational education is associated with employment, human resource development, socio-economic development and serving political tasks.

In Vietnam, the labor market in the new growth model is expected to reach nearly 63 million people by 2025, of which 70% will work in the industrial and service sectors. This will be a modern labor market with many new occupations and many sub-classes of the labor market. This will require new labor standards and new skills, especially in the context of the 4th industrial revolution.

Vocational training hours of students at Nghe An College of Tourism and Commerce. Photo: My Ha

This is an opportunity, but also a requirement for the vocational education system to strongly innovate, have enough capacity to meet the diverse needs of the job market, prepare human resources for digital transformation to develop a digital society; develop vocational education in an open, flexible, modern, and interconnected direction.

Through the conference, the Deputy Minister encouraged localities to research and develop targets higher than the general targets of the strategy. At the same time, he requested localities to continue to propagate, disseminate the content and focus on implementing the assigned tasks in Decision No. 2239/QD-TTg dated December 30, 2021 of the Prime Minister and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, the General Department of Vocational Education in organizing the implementation of the contents of Decision No. 2239/QD-TTg.

Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs visited and worked with Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense. Photo: My Ha

At the same time, continue to review and detect current inappropriate institutional, mechanism and policy issues for adjustment and supplementation in the coming time.

My Ha