Labor market continues being improved and promoted to ensure social security

10/09/2024 10:37 AM


Social security is one of the basic criteria for assessing progress of a society, a community, and a country. The National Employment Program, the National Fund for Employment, credit incentives in combination with training and job seeking and introduction to laborers have contributed to social security, progress and equity.

ManpowerGroup Vietnam is a branch of ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup Vietnam maintainshas maintained a strategic partnership with the Ministry of LaborLabour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) since its establishment in 2008. This commitment, reinforced through five consecutive Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), involves collaborative efforts to develop and improve policies on laborthe labour market and employment, share knowledge and international experiences, and elevate the skills of the local workforce.

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This partnership emphasizesemphasises ManpowerGroup Vietnam’s dedication to shaping a meaningful and sustainable future of work for everyone. Enabling people to build their employability and prosperity through access to meaningful work lies at the heart.
ManpowerGroup remains the only onecompany in itsthe industry to be recognizedrecognised for more than a decade for playing a critical role in driving positive change in societies and communities around the world. With over 75 years of history and a presence in over 70+ countries and territories, including Vietnam; beyond running a responsible business and setting high ethical standards, the company’s commitment to building a brighter, more sustainable future extends tobeyond running a responsible business and setting high ethical standards. It also includes creating a positive impact on the environment and societies around the world, globally.
To further demonstrate its commitment to shaping a meaningful and sustainable future of work, ManpowerGroup Vietnam actively contributes to improving the national laborlabour market with frequent seminars and workshops in partnership with various local and multinational organizationsorganisations, foreign chambers of commerce, and educational centerscentres in Vietnam.

Over the past 16 years, ManpowerGroup Vietnam has connected thousands of individuals with meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities in the country and has shown its dedication towardsto enhancing operational excellence in Vietnam.

ManpowerGroup Vietnam serves as the one-stop-shop workforce solutions provider for hundreds of corporates, including numerous multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in Vietnam.

Starting with a modest team, ManpowerGroup Vietnam has now grown into a robust team of nearly 200 recruitment experts nationwide. Their offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and recruitment hubs in various cities and provinces across the country allow them to promptly serve businesses and talentstalent across the country. nation.

Beyond business achievements, the company regularly releases valuable laborlabour market research and reports, helping businesses stay updated on employment trends and develop effective talent strategies for each stage.
During more than 35 years of renovation, Vietnam has realized the policy of socialist-oriented market economy development. Economic achievements have been made, such as rapid economic growth, rational economic structure transition, increasing per capita income, thus improving people's life. Besides, the Party and State have also promulgated social security policies for the benefit of the people. In all Congresses, the Communist Party of Vietnam has regularly emphasized the role of social security policy and the Party's determination to implement the policy. The result is:
Viet Nam have expanded coverage of social and unemployment insurance to assist people proactively respond to income decrease or contingencies like risks, sickness, labor accidents, and old age.
The social security system has made a positive impact, contributing to minimize risks to people which they themselves cannot overcome, such as unemployment, underemployment, low income, old age, invalidity, orphanage, and poverty to boost social progress. Social issues have been resolved through social, health, and unemployment insurance, social relief and assistance, social incentives, among others.

Social insurance coverage has broadened and increased. In the past, social insurance beneficiaries included only workers, public servants and armed forces. Now social insurance has been extended to all people in society. By the end of 2023, 93.35% of the population bought health insurance.
Unemployment insurance has combined temporary allowances with job creation for the unemployed. This has a profound social implication in conformity with the line of harmoniously developing economy with job creation. In addition, unemployment insurance has made up for income, while creating positive motivation for unemployed people to find job opportunities. 

Third, regular support has been given to people in special circumstances and irregular assistance to people when they face unforeseen or uncontrollable risks (crop loss, natural disasters, poverty) in cash or in kind from the state budget.
Fourth, people's access to basic social services of education, health, housing, clean water and environmental sanitation, information has been increased. Most laborers have had access to grassroots health services; health insurance coverage rose up rapidly over the years.
In spite of the economic fluctuation , the Party and State have set great store by investing in mountainous and ethnic minority areas, poor districts, communes, and villages. Accordingly, many social security policies have been issued; hunger eradication and poverty alleviation programs for mountainous and ethnic minority people in Vietnam have obtained notable results which are highly appreciated by international public opinion.However, there remain prolonged constraints and weaknesses in social. 
In order to overcome these shortcomings and weaknesses, in addition to raising the productivity and efficiency of labor for economic growth, creating resources for the State to materialize well social security policies, it is necessary to simultaneously implement the following groups of measures:

First, renew awareness on social security policy. Accordingly, efforts must be made in education and communication with diversified contents and forms to raise awareness of cadres, organizations and individuals within the Party and among the people, from leaders to each person about their rights and obligations in developing and implementing social security in the political system from the central to grassroots level. These efforts will help raise individual awareness and responsibility, creating a movement to implement social security.
Second, renovate the way of thinking. It is necessary to ensure equity and equality in contribution to and getting benefit from the social security, from developing mechanisms, policies and laws in administration and management of cadres and civil servants. At the same time, listen to opinions and come under the supervision and criticism of service establishments and beneficiaries on Party policies in social security.
Third, perfect the State’s social function in order to bring into play the leading role of the State in the development of social security, management, supply and mobilization of resources for social security. 
Fourth, promote social inclusion for the implementation of social security. Through their activities, social organizations contribute to promoting the development of the social security system in particular and the country in general. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the role of these organizations in supervising and contributing critical opinions towards the Party policies and lines and State laws and policies on social security. Social organizations’ supervision will present truthfully and fully social security needs of people of all strata, helping management agencies to completely and objectively understand social needs to adjust lines, policies and laws on social security in time.

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