President of VINASME: Supporting businesses and employees to have a better life is the top priority

DNHN - On the morning of April 12, at the Institute of Labor and Social Sciences, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the signing ceremony of a cooperation program on supporting workers, employers and development took place. labour market. At the Signing Ceremony, Mr Nguyen Van Than - Chairman of VINASME introduced very important long-term issues for employees, such as labour market development, and housing rental support for employees. mobilize, propagate and mobilize employees to participate in social insurance.

Implementing the Prime Minister's direction on strengthening measures to support the connection of labour supply-demand and speeding up the recovery of the labour market, meeting enough labour for businesses and economic organizations, not to disrupt the labour supply chain, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (LOLITA), the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Vietnam Social Insurance, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Association Vietnam small and medium-sized enterprises jointly implemented the Signing Ceremony of the Cooperation Program on supporting workers and employers and developing the labour market.

The program had the participation of Mr Dao Ngoc Dung - Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Mr Nguyen Ba Hoan - Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Mr Nguyen The Manh - General Director of Vietnam Social Insurance, Mr Nguyen Van Than - Chairman of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (VINASME), Mr Hoang Quang Phong - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Nguyen Dinh Khang - Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.

Commenting on the current context, Mr Nguyen Van Than said: "Vietnam and the world are entering the stage of economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic and it requires all countries to transform themselves differently. Right in the beginning of 2022, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 43 on fiscal and monetary policies to support the program of socio-economic recovery and development, and The Government has issued Resolution No. 11 to implement this content, in which, we are especially interested in the package of policies to ensure social security and people's lives, especially the workers and the poor. , the weak and those heavily affected by the Covid-19 epidemic".

Since Resolution No. 68 and Resolution No. 116 of the Government were issued in 2021, the business community and employees respectfully acknowledge and highly appreciate the efforts of the Government in general and the Ministry of Labor. – Invalids and Social Affairs in particular in timely supporting businesses and workers to overcome difficulties, return to production and business activities and participate in supply chains. 

"Specifically, according to Resolution No. 68 and Resolution No. 126, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has supported a total of about 1,075,000 times of employers and over 62.2 million turns of employees with a total budget of about approx. Besides, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has also successfully proposed to the National Assembly to extend overtime to 60 hours/month and 300 hours/year to submit to the National Assembly for approval at the 3rd Session. These are very impressive numbers and they bring great confidence and vitality to the soci Therefore, businesses and employees continue to hope and firmly believe that the Government and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will have effective solutions to promote socio-economic recovery and development in the second quarter of 2022", Mr Than shared.

While the period 2020-2021 will be challenging for the Association, we will continue to focus on adopting solutions to assist businesses and employees, guided by the National Assembly and the Government. The Association has arranged over 80 skills training seminars for business owners and employees in the last two years, as well as about 20 online trade promotion initiatives and hundreds of business networking events across the country. 

In response to the Association's members' tough financial circumstances, the Association actively investigated and successfully implemented a flexible salary payment plan. And, thus far, the Association has directly aided more than 80,000 people, to assist by 2022. The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the VCCI, and VINASME all share a common goal and determination: how to assist businesses and employees in living a better life, worrying less, and concentrating on the country's socio-economic development.

On behalf of the Leaders of the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprises AsAssociationr. Nguyen Van Than also assessed: "The issues we discuss today are all very important long-term issues for employees. , such as labour market development, housing rental support for employees, propaganda, mobilizing employees to participate in social insurance, and encouraging corporations and businesses to pay flexible wages Therefore, we are looking forward to hearing more specifically from agencies, specialized units and experts to shape solutions and coordination mechanisms in near future". 

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