- Mr. President, why do we say that intellectualizing workers is an inevitable trend?
Chairman of the university, RANDIDG: To ensure resources and motivation for building and developing the country in the new situation, especially when the fourth industrial revolution is taking place strongly, the development of the working class, including workers' intellectualization, is considered one of the core issues.
The issue of intellectualization of workers was officially set by our Party at the 9th Congress, along with the policy of "gradually developing the knowledge economy in our country". In particular, clearly stated: "attaching importance to the development of quantity and quality, improving enlightenment and political bravery, education and occupation, implementing" intellectualization of workers ", improving the capacity of applied and creating new technologies, labor productivity, quality and efficiency, worthy of being a leading force in the cause of industrialization, modernization of the country and revolutionary role in the country."
Consistent with the above viewpoint, Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW dated January 28, 2008 on "Continuing to build the Vietnamese working class in the period of promoting industrialization and modernization of the country", the Party Central Committee of the Party term X determined: "Building a strong working class, rapidly developing in quantity, improving quality, having a mechanism to meet the country's development, higher education, high professional skills, high professional skills, professional skills approach and master science - advanced technology and modernity in the conditions of knowledge development; quickly adapt to the market mechanism and international economic integration;
This shows that the intellectualization of workers is a consistent policy, which our Party is interested in directing. Because as the social productive sector is increasingly developing, machinery and equipment are increasingly improved, especially landmark changes such as industrial revolutions and digital transformation, workers and laborers need to constantly improve their qualifications, skills, skills and creativity.
If professional qualifications do not keep up with and do not meet new technology, it will be very difficult for workers, even unable to ensure jobs and income.
It can be seen that the intellectualization of workers is an indispensable trend because the requirements of the increasingly advanced, modern industrial production and socialization; The requirements of industrialization and modernization are associated with the knowledge economy; At the same time, from the development of the working class as the revolutionary leadership through the Tien Phong team is the Communist Party - the class representing advanced production methods.
The revolutionary leadership role of the working class comes from their socio-economic status, but to successfully fulfill their historical mission, the working class must be truly modern, strong and united into a unified bloc under the leadership of the Party.
What has the Trade Union done to participate in implementing the intellectualization of workers, Mr. President?
Chairman Nguyen Dinh Khang: The quality and efficiency of the union organization is an important guarantee for mobilization, gathering, solidarity and education, building a strong working class. When the strong working class will be the core force, pioneering in building and strengthening the Union of Union - Agriculture - Tri, as a foundation for building a great unity bloc of the entire nation.
thoroughly implementing the Party's policies on building a working class and intellectualizing workers, the activities of trade unions at all levels focus on making efforts to recommend and participate in solving the pressing problems of workers, such as employment, income, life, working conditions; housing, kindergartens, kindergartens for workers' children; raising class awareness, understanding and being exemplary in implementing the Party's policies and guidelines, and the State's laws and policies.
In particular, improving the educational qualifications, professional expertise, sense of organization, discipline, industrial labor style of workers, meeting the requirements of industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration.
With the responsibility of the trade union levels and the efforts of labor workers, the awareness of the position and role of the working class, the requirements of building the working class in the period of promoting industrialization and modernization of the country and international integration continued to be raised.
Education level, professional skills, the ability to absorb new knowledge, master modern technology; awareness of organization of discipline, industrial labor style and understanding of policies and laws, especially legal policies related to the rights and obligations of workers have changed positively.
The work of mobilizing union members and workers to study to improve their qualifications, professional skills, industrial style, and labor discipline has been focused on, and some effective implementation models have appeared.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor advised the Prime Minister to issue Decision No. 231/QD-TTg dated February 13, 2015 approving the Project "Promoting lifelong learning activities among workers in enterprises by 2020" and Decision No. 1268/QD-TTg dated October 19, 2022 approving the Program "Promoting lifelong learning activities among workers in enterprises by 2030".
Trade Union levels have made efforts to propose and propose to the authorities, negotiate and dialogue with employers to create favorable conditions for workers to participate in studying; Building study encouragement funds, "learning points, cultural activities", learning bookcases; organize theoretical movement, practice skills, and good workers; coordinate to open training courses, retrain vocational training in the form of skilled workers with new workers; High -level workers, skilled workers with low -level workers; implement policies to encourage workers to study.
Many enterprises have internal training programs for workers, sending skilled workers to work abroad.
According to incomplete statistics, after 15 years of implementing Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW, more than 17 million union members and workers and employees have been propagated and mobilized to improve their qualifications; nearly 1.5 million union members and workers were studied to improve their education; More than 5 million workers learned to improve their skills; more than 3.5 million union members and workers and employees are fostered political theory; nearly 1.3 million workers participated in skilled training activities, excellent workers; More than 560,000 workers learn foreign languages and nearly 515,000 turns of computer workers ...
- Mr. President, to continue implementing workers' scolarization, what solutions are needed?
- President of the NHAUY KHANG: At the National Scientific Conference on "Building a modern and strong Vietnamese working class" chaired by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, in coordination with the National Academy of Politics and the Central Theoretical Council recently, scientists and trade union officials proposed many practical and feasible solutions to build a working class.
In particular, to make the working class increasingly modern and strong, it is necessary to continue to promote the intellectualization of workers, strongly innovate, perfect economic institutions, restructure the economy towards quality, efficiency, increase competitiveness; organize a labor market information system; support businesses in ensuring production and business, maintaining jobs for workers; promote extensive propaganda work in society and in each enterprise to gain practical understanding of the 4.0 Industrial Revolution, of workers' intellectualization...
For their part, workers need to proactively and actively raise awareness of their position, role, and importance in the overall development of the enterprise as well as the whole society; determine a motto of lifelong learning, enrich knowledge and professional skills; proactively absorb and apply new science and technology; at the same time, be ready to change, be ready to adapt to new environments, new jobs, and new requirements.
In addition, it is necessary to improve the ability to access and master science and technology of the Vietnamese working class in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution; study and forecast human resource needs for each industry as a basis for developing a training, retraining and labor arrangement plan in the short and medium term; restructure training industries in accordance with priority development industries. In training, it is necessary to combine training at school with practical training at enterprises.
Enterprises must have a plan to employ labor, reallocate labor, and retrain in parallel with developing investment plans for new equipment and technology; have policies to ensure jobs and social security for disadvantaged workers and among workers who have to relocate in the process of applying new science and technology, there will be workers with old and unqualified skills who do not meet new requirements.
- Workers' Month 2025 is held with the theme "Vietnamese workers pioneer in entering a new era". Can the Chairman tell us about the new points in the activities of Workers' Month - an event that many workers are looking forward to?
Chairman of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs: The purpose of Workers' Month is to raise awareness and responsibility of the whole society in caring for and protecting legitimate and legal rights and interests, improving living and working conditions for workers; honoring and promoting the role of workers in the new development stage of the country.
Encourage workers to actively study, improve their qualifications, skills, change careers, approach modern labor trends, adapt to the context of international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution; prepare for the new development stage of the country.
In the 2025 Workers' Month, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor sets a target of striving for 55% or more of grassroots trade unions in all types of enterprises to have at least 01 activity in response to Workers' Month; 35% or more of grassroots trade unions of administrative agencies and public service units to have at least one appropriate activity in response to Workers' Month in 2025.
Along with the continued organization of activities that are promoting effectively in the locality, branches and units, welcomed by a large number of trade unions and workers and employees, which are concerned and supported by the Party committees, authorities and employers; This year's working month, depending on the actual situation, trade unions can choose to perform a number of activities well, including the program "Creative workers, firmly confidently enter the new era"; The program "Dialogue in May" and the forum "Party with workers - workers with the Party"; The program "Thank you for employees"; Organize the peak month to develop union members, establish grassroots trade unions, introduce the development of worker members; The program "Propagating and raising the awareness of union members and workers".
For the "Creative workers, firmly entering the new era" program - a new point of the Workers' Month 2025 - thoroughly grasp and implement Resolution 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, trade unions organize propaganda activities, mobilize union members and workers to study, improve their skills; cultivate courage, innovate working style, improve integration skills; encourage union members and workers to innovate, have many initiatives, improve techniques, apply modern technology to production, contribute to increasing labor productivity, work efficiency, develop enterprises, sectors, localities and the country.
Organizing the "Creative Labor Festival 2025", competitions to propose ideas, initiatives, technical solutions, and innovation of production processes; saving raw materials, fuel, time, and labor. Honoring and rewarding workers with achievements in labor, production, many initiatives and creativity; achieving high results in excellent worker competitions...
In 2025, the year of many important activities and events of the country: The 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam, 50 years of the liberation of the South, the reunification of the country, 135 years of President Ho Chi Minh's birth, 80 years of the August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Organizing the Party Congress at all levels, towards the XIV Congress of the Party.
In 2025, it was also the first year to implement the Trade Union Law in 2024; The second year of implementing the Resolution of the 13th Congress of Vietnam Trade Union; The fourth year of implementing Resolution 02-NQ/TW dated 12.6.2021 of the Politburo on "Organization and operation of Vietnamese Trade Union in the new situation".
Therefore, the activities of Workers' Month will focus on implementing and concretizing the theme "Vietnamese workers pioneering in entering a new era", and at the same time will also create the highest conditions for union members and workers to best enjoy activities to care for and ensure their rights.
I also emphasized that the Workers' Month activities also aim to affirm the role, position and contribution of the working class in the cause of national liberation, construction and protection of the Fatherland; being a pioneer force in the cause of national renewal, creative labor, confidently entering a new era - the era of national growth.
Thank you, Chairman!
