Years ago, The Vietnamese Government  focused on employment, human resource development and social security related to the process of international economic integration in the new context, in line with the sustainable development strategy, balancing between economic and social goals, ensuring the interests of employees, enterprises and of society. 
Under General Secretary and President Lâm, in every period of the revolution, the Party always pays special attention to personnel affairs, and personnel training is identified as the core of all core tasks in the Party building.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, in 2024 and the coming years, the knowledge economy, digital economy, green economy, and circular economy will become the trend of the era driven by science, technology, and innovation. create. Artificial intelligence and automated technology will replace simple labor in the near future. Therefore, high-quality human resources are the most important resource and talented people are the breakthrough driving force for Vietnam to shorten the gap, catch up, accompany and rise to par with the powers of the five continents.
Recently, ILO, Viet Nam agree on new cooperation framework in employment, social protection, and labour market governance. This is the fourth Decent Work Country Programme for Viet Nam. The 2022-2026 programme translates the ILO’s core mandate of advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in condition of freedom, equity, security and human dignity, into the country’s context. Accordingly, By 2026, the people of Vietnam, especially those at risk of being left behind, will contribute and benefit equitably from a sustainable, inclusive and gender-responsive economic transition based on innovation, entrepreneurship, productivity enhancement, competitiveness and decent work.
Benefit from inclusive, gender-responsive, disability-sensitive, equitable, affordable and quality social services and social security systems, with the goal of poverty alleviation multidimensional, inclusive, sustainable and empowering people to help them reach their full potential.
Enjoy and contribute to a more equitable, secure and inclusive society based on improved public governance, more responsive institutions, enhanced rule of law, enhanced protection and respect human rights, gender equality and the elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination, in line with Vietnam's international commitments.
Under ILO, Viet Nam has a relatively well developed social protection system. The Government, the Party and the Social Partners in Viet Nam remain dedicated and focus on strengthening Vietnam's social protection system. Viet Nam is seen as a country with a high potential to lead the accelerator to success and as inspiration to other countries, given the Viet Nam’s priorities on productive job creation, social protection, and environmental sustainability.

Expanding comprehensive cooperation in human resources and social security between Vietnam and the US
Since the Memorandum of Understanding between the two Ministries was signed in 2000, the US Department of Labour has spent more than 50 million USD for the implementation of projects to support Vietnam through bilateral mechanisms as well as through the ILO, including human resource development, labour market development and employment services, social security, building healthy labour relations, child labour prevention and reduction. the Vietnamese Government emphasized in developing vocational skills and training human resources, especially high-quality human resources. In recent time, Two sides expand cooperation to implement current technical assistance projects, and at the same time expand the field of cooperation, focusing on Vietnam's priorities in the coming years such as: implementing labour laws, developing high-quality human resources, reforming the social insurance system and developing the labour market. In the coming timethe two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in the following areas: strengthening the implementation of the Labour Code, labour relations, developing high-quality human resources, developing and reforming the labour market, improve national capacity to prevent and reduce child labour and support children negatively affected by Objective reasons.

Social protection can help people adapt shocks 
Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact but countries most impacted by the climate crisis are the least prepared
Governments must do more to utilize universal social protection to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change and achieve a just transition, according to a new ILO report.
Governments are failing to make full use of the powerful potential of social protection to counter the effects of the climate crisis and support a just transition, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The report also finds that those countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change often have the lowest levels of social protection.

The World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition finds that, for the first time, more than half of the global population (52.4 per cent) has some form of social protection coverage. This is up from 42.8 per cent in 2015, the year when the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted.

However, in the 20 countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis, 91.3 per cent of people (364 million) still lack any form of social protection. Looking more broadly, in the 50 most climate-vulnerable countries, 75 per cent of the population (2.1 billion people) lack any social protection coverage. Globally, most children (76.1 per cent) still have no effective social protection coverage. There is also a substantial gender gap, with women’s effective coverage lagging behind men’s coverage (50.1 and 54.6 per cent, respectively).

These gaps are especially significant, given the potential role of social protection in softening the impact of climate change, helping people and societies adapt to a new climate-volatile reality, and facilitating a just transition to a sustainable future.

"Climate change does not recognize borders, and we cannot build a wall to keep the crisis out. The climate crisis affects us all and represents the single, gravest, threat to social justice today,” said Gilbert F. Houngbo, ILO Director-General. 

“Many of the countries experiencing the most brutal consequences of this crisis are particularly ill-equipped to handle its environmental and livelihood consequences. We must recognize that what happens to impacted communities will affect us all... 

Social protection can help people adapt to and cope with climate-related shocks by providing social protection benefits, such as income security and access to healthcare.

Moreover, social protection can cushion families, workers, and enterprises during the green transition and enable more sustainable economic practices. This includes supporting workers with training and upskilling so that they are equipped with knowledge and skills for employment in green and low carbon sectors. Social protection also ensures that all jobs are decent, with adequate protection and benefits.

“Social protection is essential to ensure that the ongoing green and low-carbon energy transition leaves no one behind. And the imperative to make social protection universal is not only ethical, it is also practical: by supporting and protecting workers everywhere, we can help to alleviate fears about the transition, which is essential to mobilize popular support for a sustainable and just transition,” added the Director-General.

Yet, despite its role as a catalyst and an enabler of positive climate action, governments are failing to make the most of social protection’s potential, largely because of persistent coverage gaps and significant underinvestment.

On average, countries spend 12.9 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on social protection (excluding health). However, while high-income countries spend an average of 16.2 per cent, low-income countries allocate only 0.8 per cent of their GDP to social protection. Low-income countries – which include states most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – need an additional US$308.5 billion per year (52.3 per cent of their GDP) to guarantee at least basic social protection, and international support will be needed to reach this goal.

The report calls for decisive and integrated policy action to close protection gaps, arguing that, “it is time to up the ante” and invest significantly in social protection. The report offers important recommendations to help guide policy and ensure effective and sustainable outcomes, including:

Preparing for both ‘routine’ life cycle risks, as well as climate-related shocks by having social protection systems in place ex-ante by ensuring everyone enjoys adequate social protection.
Using social protection to support climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts and secure public acceptance of those measures. 
Prioritizing investment in social protection, including external support for countries with limited fiscal space.