Steering commission founded to speed up vocational training for rural laborers

VGP – A Central Steering Commission will be set up prior to June 15 to supervise and beef up the implementation of the Project on vocational training for laborers in rural areas until 2020.

June 10, 2010 11:30 AM GMT+7

The Vietnamese Government places importance on vocational training for rural laborers - Illustration photo

Deputy PM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân urged the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, in coordination with other competent agencies, to devise a legal framework for full operation of the Commission.

In November 2009, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng approved the large-scale project in an effort to provide skills for the workforce engaging directly in agriculture production.

The project aims at organizing refresher courses to some 1 million rural laborers per year, including around 100,000 turns of communal cadres and civil servants.

The VND 25,980-billion project will be carried out in three phases, 2009-2010, 2011-2015, and 2016-2020.

Occupational training for rural labor force has become an inevitable requirement in Việt Nam as just 40% of its manpower undergoes training courses and the global economic downturn pushes countries around the world to improve their workforce quality.

By Hải Minh