The first-ever national forum on improving Vietnamese laborers’ skills took place on November 16th, amid a string of unanswered questions, especially those related to vocational training. The event drew the participation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and nearly 1,500 business representatives.
On November, 16th, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Labour - Invalid and Social Affairs and the UNICEF office in Vietnam held a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Right of the Child. Attending the event were Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam - Chairperson of National's Committee for Children.
According to a press conference chaired by Deputy Minister Le Quan on November 11th, a National Forum "Improving skills for Vietnamese labour" with the topic: Enterprise accompany with renewing and improving vocational education quality will be held in Hanoi from November 15-16. The events is co-organized by Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
On November 09th, 2019, in Quang Ngai province, Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs in cooperation with Provincial People’s Committee of Quang Ngai held the Launching Ceremony of Action month for gender equality and prevention of gender based violence 2019 with the theme “Stop violence against women and children”. Attending the Ceremony were Mr. Le Van Thanh, Deputy Minister of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs, mrs. Bui Thi Quynh Van, Permanent Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party’s Committee, President of the Provincial People’s Council; Mrs. Dinh Thi Hong Minh, Vice President of Provincial People’s Committee; representatives from the United Nations Population Fund in Vietnam and representatives from ministries, sectors, central agencies, international partners and 700 officials, students in locality.
To promote the application of Information technology in the field of assessment and issuing National Skills Certification in Vietnam, on November 6th, 2019, in Hanoi, Directorate of Vocational Education (MOLISA) and Human Resource Development (HRD) Agency of Republic of Korea (ROK) signed the MOU on building the System of management, assessment, issuing the National Skills Certification in Vietnam. Deputy Minister Le Quan attended and had a speech at the Ceremony. Attending the Ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Hong Minh, Director General of the Directorate of Vocational Education; Mr. Mu Jang Byun, Vice Chairman of HRD of ROK and representatives from relating units under MOLISA and HRD Agency of ROK.