Mr. Dau Thanh Tung, Vice Chairman of
Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has just signed a decision approving the allocation of funds for COVID-19 prevention and control and support for employees and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thanh Hoa province. The total funding for COVID-19 prevention and control and support for employees and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic is more than 119 billion VND. [caption id="attachment_605217" align="alignnone" width="768"]
Thanh Hoa province is one of the pioneering localities to approve an additional 119 billion VND to support workers and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the area.[/caption] Of which, the provincial budget reserve is more than 54 billion VND; targeted supplement for districts, towns and cities is nearly 65 billion VND. The above budget is taken from the targeted supplementary central source. The Department of Finance is fully responsible before the law, the Provincial People's Committee and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and inspection, examination and auditing agencies and relevant agencies for the accuracy, legality, approval authority of the advisory, appraisal content, reporting data and ensuring the conditions, standards and norms in accordance with regulations. At the same time, it is responsible for performing the obligations of information disclosure and reporting to competent authorities on the use and refund of the provincial budget reserve according to regulations. Check, control and implement professional procedures for funding allocation to units receiving additional funding to ensure full and timely implementation of spending tasks arranged in the budget. The Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Thanh Hoa State Treasury have the right to reject expenditures that do not meet the spending conditions prescribed and are responsible for their decisions according to the provisions of law. Localities are responsible for managing and using allocated funds in accordance with the regime, policies, conditions, standards, norms, targets, objects, saving, efficiency, publicity, transparency, preventing loss and waste and making payments and settlements in accordance with current legal regulations. Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, towns and cities properly perform their assigned tasks and powers in the field of finance and budget and are responsible before the law for their decisions. [caption id="attachment_605221" align="alignnone" width="768"]
Thanh Hoa supports hundreds of thousands of workers, people and businesses suffering from severe aftershocks after the COVID-19 pandemic.[/caption] Mr. Nguyen Van Binh - Head of the Department of Labor and Employment (under the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa province) said: "It is estimated that during and after the COVID-19 pandemic from 2021-2023, Thanh Hoa province has created jobs for more than 185,000 workers. Of which, more than 42,300 workers who went to work in other provinces and returned to their localities due to the COVID-19 pandemic
were given jobs in the province". "In addition, more than 26,000 workers were sent to work abroad. In addition, Thanh Hoa province also supported over 10,000 loan projects to solve employment, helping to create jobs, maintain and expand employment for more than 20,000 workers; rural workers account for over 80%" - Mr. Binh added. Through research, the unemployment rate in rural areas of Thanh Hoa province decreased from 6.1% to 5.8%. The labor structure shifted in a positive direction, the rate of laborers working in the agriculture - forestry - fishery sector decreased by 8.8%; industry - construction increased by 6.7% and services increased by 2.1%. Thanh Hoa province has 66 vocational
training institutions, including 11 colleges, 15 secondary schools, 32 vocational training centers and 8 other institutions registered for vocational training activities. Also in the period from 2021-2023, the whole province enrolled and trained more than 228,000 people (specifically, 6,600 college students; 20,600 secondary students; 200,800 primary and under 3 months students). Of which, more than 2,400 workers who returned to their hometowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic were trained and had their careers changed. The rate of trained workers in Thanh Hoa province increased from 70% to 73%. Of which, the rate of workers with degrees and certificates increased from 25.1% to 27.9%.
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