Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision approving a digital transformation programme in the vocational training sector in the 2021-2025 period with a vision to 2030.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 28 to commend the exemplars in a 75,000-initiative programme launched by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).
A symposium themed “developing smart production in the process of industrialisation and modernisation to 2030, with a vision to 2045” took place on November 9 in the framework of the on-going Industry 4.0 Summit and Expo, the third annual largest-scale forum on Industry 4.0 in Vietnam.
Amid the logistics industry’s development and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, new logistics services have increased and required more quality and creative human resources, heard a forum held both in person and virtually on October 15.
In an era of the fast-changing digital economy, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the world’s fifth largest economy, sees high-quality human resources development as key to enhance labour productivity and regional competitiveness.
About 9.1 million people in Vietnam had their employments negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of this year, with workers in the service sector being hardest hit, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The Regional Study Report on Labour Productivity in ASEAN was launched virtually on February 23, providing an analysis of the current situations and concepts in the field across ten member states and looking into the feasibility of developing a regional index.
Malaysia’s labour productivity contracted by 5.4 percent in 2020, marking the first time since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) said on February 22.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently issued a master plan aimed at improving productivity based on utilising science, technology, and innovation for the 2021 to 2030 period, under which the annual target for average labour productivity is expected to surge by over 7.5 % by 2030.
Vietnam expects annual growth of labour productivity to exceed 7.5 percent by 2030, according to a master plan on enhancing productivity based on science, technology and innovation for the 2021 – 2030 period recently issued by the Prime Minister.
HCM City authorities are helping companies access new technologies by promoting linkages between researchers and businesses, but more collaboration is needed, speakers said on May 28 at a meeting in the city.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting in Hanoi on May 28 between permanent Government members and the central steering committee for the reform of wage and social insurance policies and the one on benefits for national contributors.
The Ta Quang Buu Awards 2020 was presented to three scientists who have made significant contributions to the country’s science and technology sector at a ceremony held in Hanoi on May 18.
Vietnam is exerting efforts to become one of the six centres of excellence in terms of labour productivity of the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) in 2020.
Vietnam will launch a national programme to improve labour productivity, a critical factor for the middle-income country to enhance its competitiveness and develop.
Improving labour productivity is vital for Vietnamese businesses in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with rapid increases in digitalisation, robotisation and intelligent automation, experts said.
Clear mechanisms and policies play a specially important role as a launching platform for the private economic sector to make breakthroughs and greatly contribute to the national economic development.
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