Create jobs to repel bad customs
Once one of the most difficult households in Sa Phin commune (Dong Van district, Ha Giang), Ms. Vang Mi Sung's family had to run every meal for food. Without a stable job, the sight of their children forcing the couple to borrow and run around every time they need money.
By early 2023, Ms. Sung was encouraged by the locality to learn embroidery and at the same time create a job at the cooperative with an income of nearly 5 million VND. From the day she got a stable job, Ms. Sung's family life seemed to turn a new page.
Ms. Sung confided: "In the past, my family had a hard time and had to borrow money from everywhere to live. Because of difficulties, my husband often drank alcohol and was lured across the border to work illegally many times, but then had to leave. After being introduced to a job, life changed a lot. The couple is determined to do business and take care of their children's education."
According to Ms. Sung, she never dared to think about the amount of nearly 5 million VND/month. Now that I have a job in hand, I feel secure and work hard to take care of my family. Ms. Sung's husband is also studying to join the cooperative.
"Thanks to the training and guidance to get a job, family life has changed markedly. Having a stable job allows me to learn a lot. Bad customs, hardship, and poverty were also partly resolved. Now I just work hard to take care of my children and make them stable," Ms. Sung confided.
In Dong Van district, Ms. Sung's family is one of the households that changed their lives thanks to vocational training . The lives of people on the highlands are changing day by day thanks to stable jobs. Thanks to the improved quality of the profession, the petty situation and thinking associated with bad customs are gradually pushed back. The quality of life is increasingly improving.
Gradually improve the quality of labor resources
In recent years, Ha Giang province has synchronously implemented solutions to connect the market and improve the quality of labor resources.
In the first 7 months of 2024, the locality organized over 20 job consulting and vocational training conferences for nearly 1,000 people, successfully introducing jobs to hundreds of people working outside the province.
In 2023 alone, Ha Giang will organize 250 consulting conferences to introduce jobs and career orientation for over 17,000 people. The result is that the rate of trained workers in 2023 in the whole province will reach over 58%; Nearly 20,000 workers have received vocational training; creating jobs for 27,000 workers. Of which, 18,000 workers go to work outside the province and export labor.
Mr. Sung Dai Hung - Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ha Giang province - said that after training, workers know how to apply knowledge and apply techniques to production practice. From there, productivity and quality increase.
According to Mr. Hung, the effectiveness of vocational training has contributed to achieving the goal of building new rural areas and eliminating hunger and reducing poverty. Typical models include: Brocade weaving and embroidery in Quang Binh district, medicinal plant growing in Quan Ba district; safe vegetable growing techniques in Ha Giang and Quan Ba cities; growing commercial corn in Xin Man; Quan Ba...
“Linked models help stabilize employment, contributing to promoting local economic development. This is one of the factors contributing to the work of eliminating outdated customs and practices and building a civilized lifestyle.
In the coming time, the locality will continue to proactively advise and coordinate the implementation of social and security policies, striving to reduce the poverty rate from 4%/year or more" - the leader added.
