Ms. Pham Thi Huong (Minh Dieu Commune, Hoa Binh District) stated the current situation: Currently, the locality opens many vocational training classes to solve employment for rural women. After training, the Women's Union established professional groups, but they have no output or have output but it is not stable. If there is, it lasts for a while and then stops because the company pays low wages.
That was one of the issues raised by women to the Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province at the dialogue with officials, members, and women of the province in 2024 with the theme: "Accompanying and supporting women in comprehensive development, promoting gender equality" held on October 9.
At the dialogue, Mr. Dinh Xuan Phuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Bac Lieu province - agreed with the way women raised the issue of employment in rural areas.
Mr. Phuong said that recently, the Provincial People's Committee has directed provincial departments, branches and localities to deploy and implement solutions to attract and create favorable conditions for female members to participate in vocational training classes, while focusing on improving the quality of vocational training and creating jobs for workers, including female members.
Mr. Phuong also acknowledged the reality: “The process of implementing vocational training associated with job creation for learners, including female members, is still limited and has shortcomings such as: The coordination of relevant agencies and units to implement this work is not synchronous and tight; professional groups have been formed, but lack operational orientation, so they do not last long; besides, learners have not identified the right motivation and purpose for participating in vocational training”.
He also suggested choosing a career that suits your strengths, not following trends.
Chairman of Bac Lieu Provincial People's Committee Pham Van Thieu frankly admitted that Bac Lieu province's industry has not developed. After researching, big investors in the province did not invest because the province did not have highways, airports, or seaports; industrial zones and clusters also did not have many factories, enterprises, etc., so the demand for labor recruitment was very low. This led to very few jobs on the spot, local jobs in general, and for women in particular.
The Chairman of Bac Lieu is troubled by the image of Bac Lieu workers returning to their hometowns near Tet, and then packing up and heading to Binh Duong and Dong Nai after Tet. He emphasized: “The Party Committee and the government are very saddened by this situation. They are trying every way to create jobs for workers locally, but it is not effective because Bac Lieu is still facing difficulties, industry is not yet developed, and the demand for labor recruitment is low.”
From this reality, the Chairman of Bac Lieu called on women at all levels to uphold the spirit of self-reliance, self-control, solidarity, strive to overcome difficulties, eliminate inferiority complex and complacency to be steadfast, confident, and contribute more.
