The labour export is one of ways helping people escape from poverty quickly and sustainably. Three districts of Van Canh, Vinh Thanh, and An Lao have focused on exporting laborers.
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Laborers seek employment opportunities at job sessions. Photo N.P
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Preferential policies
The Overseas Labour Management Agency has coordinated with Binh Dinh’s Department of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs to implement the Government’s Decision No.71 on approving the proposal for supporting poor districts to boost the labor export in three districts of Vinh Thanh, Van Canh, and An Lao for the 2009-2020 period.
Nguyen Gia Liem, the Chief of the agency’s Information Department under the Overseas Labour Management Agency said the Government poured more than 4.7 trillion VND into the proposal, aimed at helping local people in 61 poor districts nationwide.
The proposal includes three phases. About 10,000 laborers in poor districts has been sent to work abroad in the first phase, 2009-2010; the second phase, 2011-2015, will see around 50,000 of which poor laborers and ethnic minority people will account for 90 percent; in the last phase, 2016-2020, the total number of laborer working abroad is expected to increase by 15 percent against the second phase.
Under the preferential policies, poor laborers and ethnic minority people in 61 poor districts will fully funded to attend extra classes and vocational training courses for the labor export. Also, laborers in the districts will be offered different types of the financial assistance when they are sent to work abroad.
At present, the country is making efforts to make full use of the traditional markets of Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, according to the Overseas Labour Management Agency. Poor laborers and ethnic minority people will be allowed to work in other countries, such as Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Boosting propagation
The number of laborers working abroad has reduced in recent years due to unstable markets, low income, and propagation.
The local authorities in some districts haven’t still focused on the labor export; therefore, its people have no information about preferential policies on the labour export.
“The administrative bodies, local authorities, and labor export companies need to make all-out efforts to effectively implement the policies,” said vice director of Binh Dinh Department of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs, Pham Thi Thu Hong. “Leaders at grassroots level play an important role in helping people understand the Government’s policies.”
The Construction No.47 Joint Stock Company has greatly contributed to help local people in districts in Binh Dinh know more about the labor export.
“The preferential policies are expected to create favourable conditions for poor laborers and ethnic minority people to work abroad,” said Vice Chairwoman of Van Canh district People’s Committee, La Mai Ngoc Bich. “The district’s People’s Committee steered local bodies to strengthen the propagation and popularize policies on labor export.”
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