Recognizing that vocational training and job placement for workers will significantly contribute to poverty reduction and improve the quality of life for the people, in recent years, all levels and sectors in Dong Van district, Ha Giang province have implemented many solutions to improve the quality of vocational training and job placement for workers. With its characteristic abundance of strong agricultural products, Lai Chau province has always focused on finding markets for these products in recent years. Through various programs, projects, and policies of the Central Government and the province, along with strengthening foreign exchanges in the fields of economy, culture, tourism, national security and defense, etc., the ethnic minorities in Lai Chau province have changed their mindset, way of thinking, and methods, gradually creating products that meet standards and quality requirements to participate in e-commerce platforms and meet export standards. 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Over the past period, the team of influential individuals has played a pioneering role in mobilizing ethnic minority communities to effectively participate in projects and sub-projects under the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030, Phase I: From 2021-2025 (National Target Program 1719). Thanks to this, the implementation of the National Target Programs has always received the consensus of the people in the project areas, leading to improved living standards for the people and positive changes in the rural landscape. With its characteristic abundance of strong agricultural products, Lai Chau has consistently focused on finding markets for these products in recent years. Through various programs, projects, and policies of the Central Government and the province, along with strengthening foreign exchanges in the fields of economy, culture, tourism, security, and defense, the ethnic minorities in Lai Chau province have changed their mindset, way of thinking, and methods, gradually creating high-quality, standardized products to participate in e-commerce platforms and meet export standards. On the afternoon of December 22nd, during his working visit to Lao Cai, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh surveyed the construction plan and route of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway connecting Vietnam with China.
Following the direction of the Dong Van District People's Committee, in 2024, the District Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (TB&XH) regularly promoted job opportunities and introduced companies with recruitment needs to workers in the area. Accordingly, the District Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs coordinated with the Ha Giang Provincial Job Placement Center to organize 16 job fairs in the district with 667 participants; coordinated with the Vietnam Coal and Mineral College to organize 24 job counseling conferences in 19 communes and towns with a total of 1,080 participants; and proactively organized 11 career guidance conferences with the participation of 319 people.
In 2024 alone, Dong Van district created jobs for 7,560 workers, including 3,862 new jobs, especially for ethnic minority workers, achieving 101.6% of the assigned plan.
To achieve the above results, vocational training and job placement for workers have received special attention from all levels and sectors of Dong Van district. Mr. Nguyen Van Chieu, Head of the District Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Department, informed: During the implementation of Project 4 on the Development of Vocational Education and Sustainable Employment, under the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, the Dong Van District Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Department coordinated with the Vocational Education and Continuing Education Center to open 31 vocational training classes with 1,077 students; the Department also commissioned 40 vocational training classes with 1,391 students.
To date, the percentage of trained workers in the entire district is 51.36%, reaching 108.13% of the plan assigned by the District People's Committee. The effectiveness of training is evident in the fact that 80% of trainees have found employment after training, or have created their own jobs at home, increasing their income and improving their quality of life.
After becoming a worker at Khe Cham Coal Company, part of the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industry Group, following a job counseling conference organized by Dong Van district, Mr. Mua Mi Linh (Mo Xi village, Lung Thau commune) shared: "After participating in the job counseling conference, I received training support, accommodation assistance, and welfare benefits for workers from distant areas from the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industry Group. With my current job, my monthly income is over 30 million VND, which is much higher than other jobs I've done before. Having a job and a stable income has opened up opportunities for me and my family to escape poverty."
Equipped with knowledge from a culinary vocational training course organized by the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Dong Van district in coordination with the Center for Vocational Education and Continuing Education, after graduating from the course two months later, Ms. Ly Mi Say (Doan Ket village, Sung La commune) has become a chef at a restaurant in the area.
Speaking about the changes in her life since having a stable job, Ms. Say said: "At the vocational school, I was equipped with basic knowledge and skills such as cutting, decorating, and preparing many dishes. Recognizing that tourism is a strength of the locality, after graduating from the cooking class, my family and I opened a restaurant to serve tourists. This not only created employment for me but also allowed me to practice the professional field I was trained in."
The effective implementation of vocational training and job placement programs has contributed significantly to the socio-economic development of the locality. The results of the review of poor households, near-poor households, and households with average living standards at the end of 2024 in Dong Van district have shown encouraging results.
Specifically, throughout the district, there are 7,098 poor households with over 37,000 people, accounting for 41.27%; a decrease of 1,684 households (10.14%) compared to 2023; 2,200 near-poor households with 11,600 people, accounting for 12.79%; a decrease of 221 households (1.38%) compared to 2023. Non-poor households number 7,900, with over 39,000 people, accounting for 45.94%. The multidimensional poverty reduction rate reached 1,905 households, or 11.53%.
In the coming period, Dong Van district will continue to focus on effectively implementing vocational training policies and providing job placement services for laborers, especially ethnic minority workers from poor households; paying attention to providing job placement and vocational training in remote, mountainous areas with limited arable land.
At the same time, continue to effectively implement mechanisms and policies to support workers' participation in the labor market; innovate job counseling and placement services; promote solutions to send workers abroad under contract and to work in industrial zones, clusters, and enterprises inside and outside the province; and create local jobs through socio-economic development programs.
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