Illustrative image (Source: VNA) According to the Steering Committee for Central HighlandsRegion, the five provinces in the region– Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Nongand Lam Dong, have issued mechanisms and policies to encourage investors toestablish new firms in the localities.
As a result, 2,686 enterprises were established in theregion last year, a rise of 14.22 percent over the previous year, employingthousands of labourers. Dak Lak and Lam Dong were the leading localities in thefield.
Meanwhile, over 160 vocational training facilities in theregion have cooperated with local authorities to train labourers from ruralareas, especially those from ethnic minority groups.
Currently, Lam Dong is running 56 public vocational trainingcentres, while Dak Lak has 41 facilities that train 32,000 workers each year.
At the same time, banks in the localities, especially theVietnam Bank for Social Policies, have also created favourable for locals incapital access to boost their production.
The localities have also assisted locals in seekingemployment abroad.
The provinces also plan to give vocational training to680,000 labourers from now to 2020, with 80 percent of trained rural labourers findingnew jobs or earning higher income after receiving training.-VNA
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