English Review
Minister Dao Ngoc Dung: Quang Nam province needs a breakthrough in implementing social welfare policies
08:35 AM 2016-12-15
(LDXH) On December 13th, the delegation led by the Minister of MOLISA Dao Ngoc Dung had a meeting with core leaders of Quang Nam province about deploying labour and social policies.
Overview of the meeting in Quang Nam province
Attending the meeting were leaders of units of the Ministry, including the General Department of Vocational Training, the Department of People with meritorious services, Department of Social Protection, Department of Labor Safety, the Department of Employment, Department of Planning and Finance, office of the Ministry. Quang Nam delegates included: Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Secretary of Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial Council; Dinh Van Thu, Chairman; Nguyen Hoang Minh, deputy chairman of the provincial People's Council; Le Van Thanh, Vice Chairman and leaders of departments and agencies.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung praised what Quang Nam province has done for social and economic development in recent years. From a poor province, until now economy growth rate of this province has reached 14% (much higher than the previous years), the average wage per year was 2500USD/ person, industrial structure proportion was up to 88%. Moreover, many targets were achieved, especially 16 goals reached with high results. Thanks to the leaders concerned, intensify supervision of Party committees, governments, the close collaboration of the departments and unions from provincial to grassroots, the deployment and implementation of guidelines and policies in the field of labor, social and public persons are more favorable, contributing positively to social and economic development.
Minister Dao Ngoc Dung appreciated the effort of leaders of Quang Nam province
Reporting to the delegation, Director of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs Huynh Tan Trieu said in 2016, Quang Nam provided jobs for 15,000 workers, 35,536 workers participated in vocational training (including 26 136 employees participating in vocational education centre). The province had more than 4,000 employees who were supported vocational training under the scheme for rural workers (1,203 agricultural apprentices, 2,815 non-farm apprentices); the proportion of trained workers reached 45.5%, which increased 2.5% compared to the previous year.
Recently, Quang Nam province has 33 830 people receiving the policy regime (22% of the population) with an annual pension expense of 1,200 billion dong, including over 65,000 martyrs and 135,000 relatives of martyrs, more than 30,000 injured , sick soldiers, 45,000 people who contributed to the revolution, 10,000 people in revolutionary activities,  war activists arrested in prison, more than 100,000 people awarded the Order, Medal in many categories, 5,564 people participated in the war and their children infected with toxic chemicals, nearly 14,500 Vietnam heroic mothers (in which 984 mothers are alive) ...
For social welfare policies, in 2016, the province he province has purchased and issued nearly 400,000 health insurance cards for poor people, ethnic minorities, people living in communes with difficulties with expense of 231 billions dong; support electricity cost for 51,817 poor households with fund of 30.468 billions dong, spent 31.242 billions dong to perform specific policies of supporting health, education, credit,....
Director of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs Huynh Tan Trieu
reported the result of social welfare implementation of Quang Nam province
At the meeting, leaders of the provincial Party Committee, People's Committee of Quang Nam had open discussion with the Minister and the delegation of the results achieved in the field of people with meritorious services, vocational training, job creation, poverty reduction, social protection and social evils prevention. With many creative ways, the program in service of social security, especially in the care of social welfare beneficiaries, who have contributed to the revolution brought high social effects ......
Concluded the meeting, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung evaluated: Along with targeted programs of social and economic development, Quang Nam Province will continue to have a deep interest to the field of people with meritorious services and considers it as the most important task to deploy policies timely and completely. He also appreciated the province to build a budget for the Decision 22 and will discuss with other ministries to complete funding paid. With vocational training, the province needs to categorize the students so that 30% of students in upper secondary can join vocational education in 2020. Besides that, the leaders of Quang Nam province also should continue implementing sustainable poverty reduction programs, to define the system politics involved, including ‘’Rural target and poverty reduction’’ program.
Director of the Department of Social Protection Nguyen Van Hoi answered some questions from local delegates
For recommendations and suggestion of delegates from Quang Nam province, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung requested local specialized agencies to report at the meeting. Therefore, he made decisions for some emergency issues such as: completing remained policy object profiles before Lunar New Year; funding to upgrade, repair, maintenance of cemeteries and graves of martyrs of  the 70th anniversary of War Invalids - Martyrs Day next year; implementation of projects of social assistance and rehabilitation for people with mental problems. He also hoped that the province will concern more about vocational training, collaborate with enterprises and industrial zones create jobs for poor people and rural employees.

Chi Tam 

Translated into English by Minh Ngoc