Nghe An continues to ensure social security, especially during the Lunar New Year
On the morning of December 17, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee held an online conference with sectors and localities to summarize labor, meritorious people and social work in 2024 and deploy tasks in 2025.
The conference was chaired by members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Creating jobs for 48,500 people
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In 2024, in the context of many difficulties, the whole industry has made efforts, been proactive, flexible, focused on implementing and achieving many comprehensive results in the fields of labor, meritorious people and society. Up to now, all tasks under the Provincial Party Committee's Work Program, the Provincial People's Council Resolution, and the Provincial People's Committee's Key Work Program have been successfully completed.
Many major key tasks of the industry were successfully organized, highly appreciated by the Central Ministries, branches, Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee, and recognized by the people. 8/8 main target groups are expected to achieve and exceed the set plan, some targets on job creation, sending workers to work abroad under contracts; mobilizing the Gratitude Fund, mobilizing resources to support children in difficult circumstances, etc. will achieve and exceed the 2024 plan.
Last year, the whole province created jobs for over 48,500 people (reaching 103.19% of the plan, equal to 101.21% compared to 2023), of which: sending workers to work abroad under contracts for about 20,500 people (reaching 124.24% of the plan, equal to 81.49% compared to 2023).
The province has been paying regular allowances to 64,880 beneficiaries with a payment amount of over 153 billion VND/month. Receiving and advising on policies for 9,750 cases. Nursing care for people with revolutionary contributions is carried out in accordance with regulations...
It is expected that by the end of 2024, the poverty rate in the whole province will be about 4.12% (down 1.07% compared to the beginning of the year), the near-poor household rate will be 5.52% (down 0.21% compared to the beginning of the year). In some localities, the poverty rate has decreased rapidly: Quy Hop, Con Cuong, Anh Son...
Attention has been paid to the care of children in especially difficult circumstances; the provincial Children's Fund has mobilized from organizations and individuals more than 14 billion VND in cash and in kind, reaching 95.6% of the plan...
However, there are still some limitations such as: The results of implementing the National Target Program in 2024 in some localities are low; The quality of training in some occupations has not really met the requirements of the labor market; The situation of children drowning compared to the same period in 2023 has decreased but still occurs in some localities.
Continue to do well in social security work
In his concluding remarks at the conference, comrade Bui Dinh Long requested: To successfully complete the 2025 plan with 8 groups of tasks, 9 targets and 12 solutions, it is recommended that departments, branches, and district People's Committees pay attention to closely coordinating and advising on the work of reorganizing the apparatus; pay attention to grasping the situation, stabilizing the ideology of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers; organize the handover to ensure timeliness, inheritance, and not let the arrangement affect the progress, quality, and efficiency of the work.
At the same time, the Department continues to grasp the labor situation; coordinate and direct the connection between the Provincial Employment Service Center, vocational training institutions and enterprises to determine the needs of job positions and labor training needs of enterprises, minimizing the unemployment and underemployment rate.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: In the coming time, the sector needs to focus on advising on the effective implementation of the 3 National Target Programs under its management, especially the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, disbursement of investment capital and career capital. Timely advise on the timely implementation of the Central Government's direction and guidance from ministries and branches to remove difficulties and obstacles. Pay attention to solutions to support the creation of sustainable livelihoods and sustainable jobs to effectively implement the goal of sustainable poverty reduction in the province.
Also at this conference, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested: "The People's Committees of districts and cities proactively develop district-level plans; coordinate with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, sectors and organizations at all levels to do a good job of mobilizing organizations and individuals and arranging the budget to take care of Tet for the poor and those in difficult circumstances, ensuring that everyone has a happy, healthy and economical Tet."
On this occasion, 3 officials of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs received Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister; Comrade Doan Hong Vu - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs received the title of Provincial Emulation Fighter.