Efforts to achieve social security goals
Comrade Doan Hong Vu - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs gave an interview to Nghe An Newspaper.
PV: Dear comrade, 2024 is an important year to complete the targets of the Resolution of the Provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term. So how has the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs promptly advised and organized the implementation to complete the targets set by the industry?
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Comrade Doan Hong Vu:In recent years, despite many difficulties due to economic recession, natural disasters and floods, the whole industry has generally made efforts to overcome difficulties to achieve many remarkable achievements. The Department has advised the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and Provincial People's Committee to focus on directing and directing key, comprehensive solutions in the fields of labor, meritorious people and society. Program contents to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the 19th Provincial Party Congress and the Provincial Party CongressDepartment of Labor, Invalids and Social AffairsThe 2020-2025 term and the 2024 plan have been completed.
In 2024, the sector advised the Provincial Party Standing Committee to issue Plan No. 217/KH-TU dated January 2, 2024 to implement Directive No. 21-CT/TW dated May 4, 2023 of the Central Party Secretariat on continuing to innovate, develop and improve the quality of vocational education to 2030, with a vision to 2045; Plan No. 270-KH/TU dated August 20, 2024 to implement Directive No. 37-CT/TW dated July 10, 2024 of the Secretariat on innovating vocational training for rural workers to meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas; report summarizing 10 years of implementing Directive No. 37-CT/TW dated June 6, 2014 of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in training highly skilled human resources; Directive of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on strengthening solutions to attract workers for domestic enterprises and FDI enterprises in the province...
Advise the Provincial People's Council to issue 6 resolutions on implementing policies for meritorious people in poor households, some social protection subjects, allocating and adjusting central capital sources to implement the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction in the province.
Advise the Provincial People's Committee to issue 76 directive documents, including 18 decisions, 16 plans and reports, leadership documents directing important contents in the province such as: Plan No. 2134/KH-UBND dated February 26, 2024 on implementing the Child Mental Health Care Program, Orphan Care for the period 2024 - 2030, in the province; Plan No. 265/KH-UBND dated August 1, 2024 on implementing Resolution No. 42 of the Central Executive Committee of the Party, Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP dated May 9, 2024 of the Government on social policies in the new period until 2030, with a vision to 2045; Plan 677/KH-UBND dated August 29, 2024 on inspection and supervision of the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period; Plan No. 405/KH-UBND dated May 30, 2024 on Organizing activities to celebrate the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day..
PV:So, overcomeIn the context of general difficulties, the industry has achieved and exceeded many social security targets. Can you give specific details?
Comrade Doan Hong Vu:In 2024, the sector has focused on implementing many comprehensive results in the fields of labor, meritorious people and society; reviewing and evaluating the implementation of targets and tasks of the socio-economic development plan for the period of 2021-2025, the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party and the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Committee under the responsibility of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs. Up to now, 4/4 tasks under the Provincial Party Committee's Work Program, 6/6 tasks under the Resolution of the Provincial People's Council, 13/13 tasks under the Key Work Program assigned by the Provincial People's Committee, many large, important tasks with widespread effects have been successfully organized, 8/8 main target groups are expected to achieve, exceeding the set plan..
Specifically, state management of labor, employment, and occupational safety continues to receive good attention. It is estimated that in 2024, jobs will be created for over 48,500 people (103.19% of the plan, equal to 104.85% compared to 2023), of which about 20,000 workers will be sent to work abroad under contracts (121.21% of the plan, equal to 87.5% compared to 2023).
State management of vocational education continues to be strengthened. It is estimated that in 2024, the province will train and enroll 65,000 people, reaching 100% over the same period. It is estimated that in 2024, the rate of trained workers will reach 70.1%. The social insurance coverage rate compared to the working-age workforce will reach 25.55%, and is expected to reach 25.7% for the whole year, completing the plan.
State management of labor, employment, and occupational safety continues to receive attention and is well implemented. Activities connecting labor supply and demand continue to be strengthened. Regularly monitor the labor situation, promptly resolve unemployment benefits policies, and support workers in finding new jobs.
Regularly and effectively implement preferential policies for people with revolutionary contributions. The province has been paying regular subsidies to 65,300 beneficiaries with a payment amount of over 153 billion VND/month. The poverty rate of the province is estimated to be 4.12% by the end of 2024, down 1.07% compared to the beginning of the year.
The sector has focused on advising and directing the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction; Allocating and adjusting the Central Budget capital to implement the Program according to Resolution No. 111 of the National Assembly; Strengthening the guidance and inspection of the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction to complete the program's objectives.
Children's work, gender equality, and social evil prevention are increasingly going into depth, operating effectively, contributing to ensuring and stabilizing society, promoting economic and social development of the province.
PV:2025 is the year when grassroots levels complete the goals and targets of the Congress Resolution and hold new congresses at all levels, while merging administrative units according to Central regulations. So can you tell us more about the plans and solutions to complete the goals?
Comrade Doan Hong Vu:We continue to closely follow the targets of the Resolutions of the Party Congresses at all levels, the 19th Provincial Party Congress, the programs and projects of the Central Government, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the targets of the Resolutions of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee assigned in 2025 to organize timely and effective implementation. Focus on leading and directing the successful completion of the targets and tasks of the Resolutions of the Party Congresses at all levels, the Socio-Economic Development Plan for the period 2021-2025 in the sector. Proactively advise on the development of projects, programs, plans, and policies in the sector to submit to the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee for decision on promulgation and implementation.
In particular, proactively and closely coordinate with central ministries, branches, and relevant localities to propose additional specific mechanisms and policies to create favorable conditions to promote the province's development in accordance with Resolution No. 39 of the Politburo on Nghe An development; promptly urge, remove, and resolve difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing action programs.
Continue to promote propaganda work, raise awareness for all levels, sectors, cadres, party members and people about the strategic social security goals of the Party and State in the current period and the coming years, such as mechanisms and policies on job creation, preferential policies for people with meritorious services, gender equality. Especially, new policies and regimes are issued to organize timely and effective implementation, contributing to maintaining political and social stability in the province.
Strictly implement the regulations of the Central and the province on reorganizing the apparatus, restructuring the staff, civil servants and public employees to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the agencies and units in the industry.
We have a plan for merging specialized departments under the Department. After merging some sectors into the Department of Home Affairs, the name of the Department after the merger will be the Department of Home Affairs and Labor. The Department of Home Affairs and Labor performs the function of advising and assisting the Provincial People's Committee in state management of the field of Home Affairs and takes over the functions and tasks of labor, wages, employment; meritorious people, occupational safety and hygiene, social insurance, and gender equality.
In addition, the poverty reduction sector under the Social Protection Department - Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs will be merged into the Ethnic Minorities Committee; the sectors of social protection, children and social evil prevention and control will be merged into the Department of Health; the vocational education sector will be merged into the Department of Education and Training.
The Department will be responsible for advising on the detailed and complete post-merger and consolidation arrangement project, in order to improve the quality of civil servants and public employees to meet the requirements of each agency, organization and unit in the new period.
PV:Thank you comrade!