Politics
Deputy PM asks for measures to attract workers back
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam proposed the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and localities to design more support packages to attract workers who had left for their hometowns to return to work.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the session on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo |
During the Q&A session of the National Assembly on social affairs on Thursday, Mr. Dam stressed that the pandemic has revealed many issues, particularly issues that existing for a long time relating to accommodation for workers and social welfare.
There were two main things that need to be addressed to help attract workers back to work, including controlling the pandemic to ensure safety for workers and reopening schools as many workers have children of school age, according to Dam. For the long-term, workers must be guaranteed part of their salaries in case of a further COVID-19 outbreak.
He also suggested reviewing all COVID-19 prevention and control regulations to ensure safety at businesses, particularly testing and dealing with F0 and F1 cases flexibly.
“Coordination of businesses is needed. Businesses need to take care of their own workers, not only depending on authorities,” he said.
Quality of online learning discussed
Ensuring the quality of online learning and its impacts on health, psychology of students and teachers were among issues raised by NA deputies during a Q&A session with Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son the same day.
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| Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son is the third minister to take on the Q&A session. — VNA/VNS Photo |
According to the minister, the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted national educational plans with nearly 20 million students across the country having to suspend classes, while more than 70,000 university students have not been able to graduate on time, affecting the labour force.
Online learning amid a lack of infrastructure has caused a series of negative impacts, making students stressed and putting more pressure on teachers, he said.
With the spirit of “Stop going to school, but don’t stop learning”, the education sector has applied flexible teaching and learning methods, trying to minimise impacts of the pandemic and maintain educational quality, he said.
The sector has assessed initial impacts of COVID-19 on education. Some adverse impacts have been shown through statistics but there are many other long-term and unmeasurable effects, especially gaps in knowledge, psychological, mental and emotional impacts on students.
Deputy Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh from Vinh Long Province asked the minister about solutions to ensure online learning quality and as well as stabilise health and psychology of students and teachers in the long run, given that distance learning will be a long-term solution when the pandemic continues.
Minister Son said the pandemic helped us realise the strength and belief in the educational system thanks to the enthusiasm, dedication and sacrifice of nearly one million teachers and educational administrators, citing creative solutions of teachers in the pandemic.
“We conducted tests to detect the virus but the virus itself tests our whole system,” he said.
He admitted limitations in a lot of documents and policies, saying that the ministry will continue to conduct reviews to address these problems.
The pandemic also shows that skills of teachers in management and of students, as well as students’ self-study ability need to be enhanced, he said.
Online learning is being applied in about 350 districts and towns nationwide while classes are still open in 316 other administrative units. Son said the ministry would have specific solutions to improve educational quality for three groups of localities – provinces and cities in the northern and central regions running in-class learning; some localities about to reopen schools and other localities continuing distance learning.
Switching to online learning in the pandemic is done worldwide. The education sector has gained experience in the previous pandemic waves but the prolonged outbreak this year led to an unprecedentedly long time for online learning. Many teachers and students faced a lot of difficulties accessing the internet, he said.
He cited more than 1.86 million students not having equipment to start online lessons. In many families, two or three siblings share a phone to study.
The minister proposed local authorities offer equipment support for the children, saying: “Some students are dropping out of school because they lack equipment. This is a more pressing issue before we judge what the children have learned.”
Deputy Tran Van Tuan from Bac Giang Province asked for the minister’s comment on the fact that soft skills training is not paid attention to in schools.
Minister Son admitted that online learning had affected quality of soft skills training as soft skills can only be taught through face-to-face interaction.
He said when schools reopen, it is necessary to improve soft skills training along with academic lessons, requiring collaboration of families and schools with a high responsibility put on the students’ parents.
Responding to a question from deputy Hoang Van Lien from Long An Province on a large number of unemployed graduates, causing waste to human resources as training quality at universities does not meet social demand, minister Son said there were a lot of tasks to help graduates find jobs and more importantly, find quality jobs.
The relations between supply and demand, training reality and demand of the labour market must be taken into consideration. Another important factor is the connection between schools and businesses. At the same time, the quality of training is also a factor that needs attention.
“Inaccurate forecast for human resource demand and irrelevant training with the forecast will lead to the shortage of labourers in one field and surplus in other fields. Therefore, forecasting in parallel with improving the quality of training and enhancing skills for students are important,” he said.
Later the same day, NA deputies questioned Minister of Trade and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung about issues relating to the implementation of support packages; building GDP targets; measures to speed up disbursement of public investment and ODA capital as well as priorities to invest in disadvantaged areas.
Source: Vietnam News
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/en/politics/deputy-pm-asks-for-measures-to-attract-workers-back-791569.html
Poland wishes to foster multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, the most significant partner of Poland in Southeast Asia, visiting Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau has stressed in Hanoi.
Minister Rau was speaking during his talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday, as part of his two-day visit, starting a day earlier, to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.
Rau said he is impressed with Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements and stated that Poland wants to expand its comprehensive cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, especially in areas where Poland has strengths, such as smart city building, green technology, environmental protection, and information technology.
He emphasized in the presence of PM Chinh that Poland regards Vietnam as its most vital partner in Southeast Asia.
The guest and host exchanged views on a number of measures to beef up cooperation in education and training, science and technology, culture, tourism, and agriculture.
PM Chinh told Minister Rau that Vietnam wishes to deepen its multifaceted cooperation with Poland, its traditional friend and partner in Central and Eastern Europe.
The host said that Vietnam encourages Polish investors to step up investment in the fields of pharmaceuticals, food processing, and manufacturing in the country.
He suggested that Poland soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement, which he said will facilitate equal and mutually beneficial investment cooperation between the two countries.
The Vietnamese government chief also proposed that Poland urge the European Commission to soon remove the ‘yellow card’ warning for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on Vietnamese seafood products.
Such removal will not only ensure livelihoods for workers in the Vietnamese fishery industry, but also serves the interests of both Polish and EU consumers, Chinh stressed, citing the fact that the EU was once among Vietnam’s leading seafood export markets before the imposition of the warning.
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| This image shows a meeting between the Polish delegation (L) led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and their Vietnamese counterpart headed by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi on March 16, 2023. Photo: Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
The PM requested Poland to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to further penetrate into the Polish market.
Despite the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries’ economic and trade cooperation has been thriving, with annual bilateral trade standing at a high level of over US$2.5 billion in both 2021 and 2022, Chinh said.
The PM expressed thanks for Poland’s donation of nearly 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and eight metric tons of medical equipment to Vietnam during the pandemic that started hitting the country in early 2020.
Chinh also thanked the Polish government for its support for the Vietnamese community in Poland, as well as for the Vietnamese citizens who have been evacuated from Ukraine to Poland since the war there erupted in February last year.
The host and guest agreed that both countries would continue mutual cooperation and coordination at multilateral and regional forums.
Regarding the East Vietnam Sea issue, they laid emphasis on the importance of ensuring security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the maritime area, while agreeing to settle disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Earlier on Thursday, Rau had talks with Foreign Minister Son, saying Vietnam is one of Poland’s most potential markets in Southeast Asia.
The Polish diplomat suggested that Vietnam create more favorable conditions for some Polish products, such as beef, poultry, and blueberries, to enter the Vietnamese market.
The two ministers agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in various fields including education and training, agriculture, natural resources, environment, culture, tourism, health, labor, information technology, communication, and monument restoration.
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Poland wishes to foster multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, the most significant partner of Poland in Southeast Asia, visiting Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau has stressed in Hanoi.
Minister Rau was speaking during his talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday, as part of his two-day visit, starting a day earlier, to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.
Rau said he is impressed with Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements and stated that Poland wants to expand its comprehensive cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, especially in areas where Poland has strengths, such as smart city building, green technology, environmental protection, and information technology.
He emphasized in the presence of PM Chinh that Poland regards Vietnam as its most vital partner in Southeast Asia.
The guest and host exchanged views on a number of measures to beef up cooperation in education and training, science and technology, culture, tourism, and agriculture.
PM Chinh told Minister Rau that Vietnam wishes to deepen its multifaceted cooperation with Poland, its traditional friend and partner in Central and Eastern Europe.
The host said that Vietnam encourages Polish investors to step up investment in the fields of pharmaceuticals, food processing, and manufacturing in the country.
He suggested that Poland soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement, which he said will facilitate equal and mutually beneficial investment cooperation between the two countries.
The Vietnamese government chief also proposed that Poland urge the European Commission to soon remove the ‘yellow card’ warning for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on Vietnamese seafood products.
Such removal will not only ensure livelihoods for workers in the Vietnamese fishery industry, but also serves the interests of both Polish and EU consumers, Chinh stressed, citing the fact that the EU was once among Vietnam’s leading seafood export markets before the imposition of the warning.
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| This image shows a meeting between the Polish delegation (L) led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and their Vietnamese counterpart headed by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi on March 16, 2023. Photo: Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
The PM requested Poland to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to further penetrate into the Polish market.
Despite the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries’ economic and trade cooperation has been thriving, with annual bilateral trade standing at a high level of over US$2.5 billion in both 2021 and 2022, Chinh said.
The PM expressed thanks for Poland’s donation of nearly 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and eight metric tons of medical equipment to Vietnam during the pandemic that started hitting the country in early 2020.
Chinh also thanked the Polish government for its support for the Vietnamese community in Poland, as well as for the Vietnamese citizens who have been evacuated from Ukraine to Poland since the war there erupted in February last year.
The host and guest agreed that both countries would continue mutual cooperation and coordination at multilateral and regional forums.
Regarding the East Vietnam Sea issue, they laid emphasis on the importance of ensuring security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the maritime area, while agreeing to settle disputes by peaceful means on the basis of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Earlier on Thursday, Rau had talks with Foreign Minister Son, saying Vietnam is one of Poland’s most potential markets in Southeast Asia.
The Polish diplomat suggested that Vietnam create more favorable conditions for some Polish products, such as beef, poultry, and blueberries, to enter the Vietnamese market.
The two ministers agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in various fields including education and training, agriculture, natural resources, environment, culture, tourism, health, labor, information technology, communication, and monument restoration.
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