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.
Vocational training development will be boosted to meet the diverse demands of the labour market and the higher requirements in human resources quality for national growth in the new period under a new Vocational Training Development Strategy in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2045, which has just received approval.
Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said on December 30 that it has submitted a proposal on providing support for lonely senior citizens and orphans hit by the COVID-19 pandemic to the municipal People’s Committee.
The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has reduced the number of poor households to 842, or 1.45 percent of the province’s total households, by providing soft loans, vocational skills, and sustainable livelihood models to the poor.
The reform of vocational training in association with digital transformation and information technology application has been defined as an important solution to provide high quality human resources for the labour market and optimise opportunities brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to insiders.
Cambodia has extended the deadline for foreign employee quota application to January 31, 2022, two months after the original deadline, according to the Khmer Times on December 8.
Developing a skilled workforce should be considered an important pillar to help the country adapt to the new normal and the national economy quickly recover from the recession and grow intensively and sustainably, heard a session of the Vietnam Economic Forum 2021 on December 5.
A workshop discussing international experience in fostering entrepreneurship among young people and students in the 4.0 era was held by the General Department of Vocational Training (GDVT) under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on November 9 in Hanoi.
A webinar on vocational education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic took place on August 26, with international experience shared and recommendations made for Vietnam.
NA deputies have emphasised the need to provide vocational training for people, especially those in ethnic minority areas, and have specific policies for households that have just escaped poverty in order to avoid falling back into the situation.
Ten more young Vietnamese have been chosen to become Vietnam’s ambassadors of vocational skills this year by the General Department of Vocational Training under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Nam Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has proposed to develop a university-urban complex with a total investment of 7 trillion VND (304.7 million USD) in Cai Rang district.
The northern province of Bac Giang has set a goal of raising its rate of skilled workers to 80 percent and the rate of those with training certificates to 27 percent by 2025.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang plans to mobilise over 3.7 trillion VND (160.64 million USD) in public investment capital this year, Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Dinh Thong has said.
The Cambodian Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has called for preparations for vaccination of garment workers, as the government prioritised them in the list of people to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Workers in Ho Chi Minh City who were laid off or had their hours cut as a result of COVID-19 will have the opportunity to attend free vocational training courses under a new programme initiative, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal Federation of Labour Pham Chi Tam.
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