(HBO) – In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many enterprises have suspended operation, making thousands of workers jobless. In face of this, Hoa Binh province has been taking drastic measures to reconnect employers and job seekers.
Workers register for unemployment benefits at the provincial employment
service centre.
Data from the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
shows that as of the end of April, the province had 69 companies and over 2,600
workers affected by the pandemic. The figures do not include thousands of local
people working in other cities and provinces who have no choice but take the
"longest holiday” ever – 3 months. It was estimated that a large number of
workers remains unemployed, mostly those who work for export firms.
In the first quarter of 2020, a total of 589 people applied to receive
unemployment benefits at the provincial employment service centre. The centre
has given instructions on making and processing applications and coordinated
with district-level People’s Committees to publicise programmes to recruit
Vietnamese nurse trainees to work in Japan and Germany this year. It has also
made plans for testing skills of local workers in the manufacturing industry
and instructed candidates to prepare applications.
The department has also teamed up with its office in Da Bac district to
disseminate information on a programme sending guest workers abroad and select
six qualified job service providers to help recruit candidates./.
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on Population and Development.
Hoa Binh province’s Department of Education and Training on April 16 held a conference on the materialisation of the Prime Minister’s directive on the further implementation of the project on the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030. The provincial Department of Education and Training signs cooperation agreements on cashless tuition fee collection with partners and businesses.
Creating jobs for labourers in general and young people in particular is currently a focus of the province, with vocational training linked to job creation considered one of the strategic breakthrough solutions.
A total of 30 intergenerational self-help clubs (ISHC) have been established in Hoa Binh province under the project "Reducing Income- and Health-Related Vulnerability of Older Persons in Vietnam" (VIE071) since 2021.
Nguyen Thi Nu, a resident of Thach Ly sub-area in Da Bac township of Da Bac district, has been popular in the area as a simple woman that is rich in compassion. For nearly 10 years, she has spread her kindness through many charity activities to ease difficulties for the needy.
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