How to Improve Employment Creation for Labor in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas in Vietnam

Abstract

In recent years, the Party and State of Vietnam have focused on promulgating and implementing many preferential policies towards the goal of creating jobs for labor in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in Vietnam, especially for the youth and students - the core workforce, contributing to reducing unemployment, increasing incomes and ensuring social security, promoting socio-economic development in the area. In particular, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has recently strengthened solutions to link and connect vocational schools in mountainous provinces with businesses, contributing to effective job creation for young people in ethnic minority region. Furthermore, propaganda activities, The Provincial Employment Service Center cooperates with businesses and units to well organize job trading sessions, job counseling fairs, vocational training and labor export to provide jobs for local workers have been gradually deployed to create jobs, but the unemployment rate is still high and people's lives are still facing many difficulties compared to other regions of the country due to several reasons. This article is based on statistical data to analyze the current situation of employment and job creation for workers in ethnic minority and mountainous areas to point out shortcomings that limit job creation in the area and propose some recommendations for stakeholders to create more valuable jobs for workers in the coming time in order to promote socio-economic development in the region in particular and of Vietnam in general in the trend of extensively international integration.