Director of Employment Department The labour market is a big balance of the economy

DNHN - Director of Employment Department, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs - Vu Trong Binh confirmed this at the 14 April 2023 Ho Chi Minh City training conference on job communication.

Director Vu Trong Binh stated for the first time that the Government's Resolution on Project 06, in which the Government's thinking makes the greatest impression, views the labour market as a major economic balance. This is the first approach that considers the labour market not only in terms of security but also as a component of a growth model. As a result of considering the labour market as a component of the growth model when designing investment plans for the entire nation, regions' labour resources will be arranged appropriately based on the region...

In addition, the Director emphasised the significance of the media's role in this field. Through the media and press, state management agencies can comprehend the actual situation. and depart from reality...

Mr Vu Pham Dung Ha, Head of the Department of Employment Policy, also presented at the Conference on the need to develop the Employment Law (amended) to cross the Party's policy on the goal of sustainable employment, quality, human resource development (one of the three strategic breakthroughs), and support the development of the labour market. Specifically, it is necessary to create livelihoods, jobs, sedentary cultivation, and stable settlements for ethnic minorities, particularly in remote, isolated, and border regions; to improve the quality of human resources associated with rapid labour restructuring, particularly in rural areas. Focus on retraining and regular training of the labour force; creating an environment and conditions for the development of a synchronized, modern, flexible, unified, and integrated labour market governed by the state. Focus on constructing and refining the labour market information system, as well as enhancing the quality of forecasts, to improve the efficiency of the labour supply-demand connection and the quality of employment services; encourage the development of linkage models, training, and job placement; and implement mechanisms and policies to orient labour movement openly and equitably, thereby ensuring a fair regional distribution of labour. Concentrate on ensuring safety and protecting the health of employees. Enhance the quality of labour sent overseas. Maintain a reasonable level of unemployment.

Mr Ha also noted that there are still obstacles in the implementation of the Employment Law, which lacks regulations on labour registration, so labour management remains limited, particularly for unrelated groups of workers. labour system. In terms of capital sources, loan subjects, and loan terms, regulations regarding lending for job creation are no longer consistent with reality. The policy to encourage contract workers to work abroad focuses solely on five groups of topics, whereas others must also be studied, considered, and supplemented. There are no regulations regarding policies to support workers in the context of an ageing population or policies to promote the formalisation of informal sector jobs. To ensure compliance with current regulations, it is necessary to research and supplement certain youth support policies. In addition, there are no regulations regarding the publication of the labour market development index, the vocational skills development index, and periodic reports on the situation, employment prospects, occupations, and the development of vocational skills to evaluate the development of the labour market and the quality of human resources in the locality, region, and country as a whole. Not regulated are vocational skills development regulations, national qualification framework reference regulations, and national occupational skills qualification framework reference regulations. State, training institutions, employees, and employers) and the rights and responsibilities of employers in assessing and issuing national vocational skills certificates have not been specified. Unspecific funding sources support the development, assessment, and issuance of national vocational skills certificates.

In addition, there are no pertinent regulations regarding professional development and retraining for consultants and job placements in employment service organisations. The tasks of the employment service centre have not covered all activities under Convention 88, and certain tasks have not been specified in the law, so the legal basis for implementation is ambiguous. In the institution, there are no regulations regarding job transaction activities in the network environment, operating conditions of consulting departments/units, job introduction, or job connection. institutions of training and vocational education.

For the subjects participating in unemployment insurance that have not yet covered all subjects with labour relations; the regimes are still heavy on unemployment allowance settlement; not much attention has been paid to the proactive regimes, prevent and limit unemployment; regulations on conditions to support training, retraining, and improvement of vocational skills are quite stringent; the vocational training support regime focuses primarily on learning needs, not employment needs; regulations on conditions to support training, retraining, and improvement of vocational skills are quite stringent; the vocational training support regime

The current labour force in the United States consists of 52,1 million people, with approximately 25 million wage workers. However, only 17.489 billion workers have social insurance coverage. Thus, approximately 8 million salaried employees are not/have not participated in social insurance, and nearly 35 million workers (representing two-thirds of the country's workforce) are unaware. During the COVID-19 period, planning and implementation of support policies, such as social security packages, are based on specific regulations that have been directly adapted for these worker groups.

On the other hand, the Government is promoting the implementation of the Project to develop the application of data on population, identification and electronic authentication for national digital transformation in the period 2022-2025, with a vision to 2030 (Project 06). This is a project directly related to strategic breakthroughs and benefits for the country, its people and businesses, with which the construction of a labour database must be associated. National data on population.

Vietnam is also among the top ten countries with the fastest rate of ageing in the world (our country entered the "population ageing" period in 2011, six years earlier than the General Department of Vietnam's projection for 2017). In 2020, there will be more than 11 million elderly people in the United States (representing 11.86% of the population; it is predicted that in the next decade, the elderly will account for 17% of the population, 20% by 2038, and 30% by 2050). The majority of elderly people (75%) have a hard life, a low or unstable income, or none at all, and are dependent on their children, grandchildren, and relatives. In actuality, it is difficult for the elderly to find suitable employment given the limited nature of the applicable regulations. Ensuring livelihoods and having policies to support job creation and job transformation in the context of population ageing will ensure the elderly's right to work and contribute to society while taking advantage of experience. and the brains of this special workforce, thereby contributing to the attainment of the nation's social security objectives, gradually adapting to the context of population ageing.

According to the General Statistics Office's overview report on informal employment in Vietnam, by the end of 2021, the country will have 33.6 million workers in informal employment (representing 68.5% of the total number of employed people in the country). Compared to many other countries in the world, this rate is still relatively high. Approximately 77.9% of informal workers are concentrated in rural areas, where there are numerous traditional craft villages, non-agricultural individual business households, cooperative groups, and no training. 40.9% of informal workers work in three groups of industries: processing, manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail; automobile and motorcycle repair; informal workers are included in the formal sector (0.6 million workers). The majority of informal workers (97.8%), including 35.5% of salaried workers, lack social insurance; only 0.1% paid mandatory social insurance and 2.1% paid voluntary social insurance.

Vietnam is also one of the countries with a fast-growing economy due to its focus on developing the digital economy and promoting the development of the digital economy (the COVID-19 pandemic has had an additional impact on the economy). Developing the digital economy creates employment opportunities and raises employee incomes, with a variety of employment types ranging from those requiring advanced education (information technology, insurance, and finance) to those requiring only a high school diploma (delivery, online sales). However, there are no regulations regarding policies to support and encourage job growth in the context of the digital economy and transformation. number; there are no regulations that create a legal corridor for the application of information technology in labour market management and regulation; promoting employment service activities in the network environment...

In addition, the conference proposed solutions to support the development of the labour market between 2022 and 2025, as well as future unemployment insurance policies and orientations. Consequently, it will increase the number of participants in unemployment insurance, bring the functions of unemployment insurance into full play, assist enterprises and employees in maintaining employment, and protect the legitimate interests of enterprises and employees to preserve policies and regulations. The UI policy becomes a management tool for the labour market. To regulate issues related to unemployment insurance by the direction of amending the Law on Social Insurance and Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW policy of eliminating the base salary.

Within the scope of the conference, delegates also visited some effective loan models for job creation, such as the Employment Service Center in Ho Chi Minh City. Da Nang, Nam O fish sauce cooperative, Industrial Park

Uyen Nhi - Thao Nguyen