On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged, highly appreciated and commended the efforts of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, trade unions at all levels, the business community and the entire workforce of workers and laborers nationwide in enthusiastically competing in labor production, increasing labor productivity, and contributing to the overall achievements of the country.
Touching free bus trips to pick up workers returning to work in Hanoi |
Organizing the forum "Improving national labor productivity by 2024" |
On the morning of May 26, in Hanoi, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) organized the Forum "Improving national labor productivity in 2024". Attending the forum were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh; Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung; Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung; Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son; President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh. In addition, the Forum was attended by leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, a number of Party committees, Committees of the National Assembly, the Government Office, and leaders of a number of localities.
Choose the right and accurate problem
Speaking at the program, the Prime Minister highly appreciated the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor for choosing a very correct, very accurate, very necessary and especially important topic for the rapid and sustainable development of the country in the current context.
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| The Prime Minister speaks at the Forum "Improving national labor productivity by 2024" (Photo: HN). |
He requested ministries, agencies and localities to fully synthesize recommendations, proposals and suggestions from union members and workers, focus on reviewing and absorbing as much as possible to perfect mechanisms, policies and related legal regulations and improve the effectiveness of implementation.
The Prime Minister requested the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to study, absorb and have specific solutions for opinions related to functions, tasks and authority for implementation in the coming time.
Our Party and State always pay special attention to labor productivity and focus on solutions to increase labor productivity: Increasing social labor productivity is one of the main targets set in the Resolution of the Party Congress, specifically: The 12th Congress set the target of increasing social labor productivity by an average of about 5%/year for the period 2016-2020; The 13th Congress set the target of increasing social labor productivity by an average of over 6.5%/year for the period 2021-2025. Implementing the guidelines, policies and guidelines of the Party and State, our country's labor productivity has grown positively and continuously over nearly 40 years of innovation and integration.
| From 2011 to present, according to the General Statistics Office, labor productivity has increased 2.7 times, from 70 million VND/worker in 2011 to 188.7 million VND/worker in 2023 - this is a high level compared to the region and is gradually narrowing the gap with other countries. |
The Prime Minister said that increasing labor productivity has contributed positively to the country's socio-economic development, especially increasing income and improving the lives of workers and people. In the first quarter of 2024, the average income of workers was 7.6 million VND, an increase of 549 thousand VND compared to the same period in 2023.
The Prime Minister emphasized: “Achieving the above important results is thanks to the correct guidelines, policies, and solutions of the Party and State; the close cooperation and support of agencies in the political system, including the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; the drastic, effective, focused, and key direction of the Government, all levels, sectors, and localities; the efforts of each worker, people, and business community; and the support of international friends.”
6 key tasks and solutions to increase labor productivity
Regarding the key tasks and solutions to increase labor productivity, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested all levels, sectors, and localities and suggested that the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and Trade Unions at all levels join hands to focus on implementing tasks and solutions to increase labor productivity according to the Resolutions of the Party, National Assembly, Government, and direction of the Prime Minister; focusing on the following key contents:
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| The forum was attended by many representatives of ministries and branches (photo: HN). |
Firstly, prioritizing growth promotion - considering this as the foundation for increasing labor productivity. In particular, it is important to attach importance to macroeconomic stability, control inflation, and ensure major balances.
Second, promote the implementation of strategic breakthroughs in institutions, infrastructure, especially human resources associated with science, technology and innovation.
Third, focus on improving the quality of education, training and vocational training at all levels, grades, sectors and fields, ensuring the training of human resources with reasonable quality, quantity and structure.
Fourth, promote the transformation of labor structure from informal to formal, from low-productivity agriculture to higher-productivity industry and service sectors.
Fifth, promote industrialization and modernization; increase the proportion of industrial, service, and agricultural industrialization sectors.
Sixth, take care of the legitimate rights and interests of workers, including salary, social welfare, healthcare, culture, education, sports, and especially housing.
In addition, the Prime Minister also suggested that the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor should promote the role of representative organizations, especially the role of participating in social management, acting as a bridge to carry out policy dialogue activities, and sharing experiences on increasing labor productivity.
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| The forum attracted many workers from businesses and organizations (Photo: HN). |
Coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to research and propose the development of a program to support and develop vocational skills and life skills for workers.
Regularly exchange and dialogue with the business community, investors, workers, researchers and propose appropriate solutions. Focus on negotiation, dialogue, signing and implementation of collective labor agreements to contribute to ensuring the legitimate and legal rights and interests of workers.
Promote propaganda and mobilize workers to improve their professional qualifications and working skills. Innovate reward work, strongly promote initiatives to increase labor productivity, and honor workers.
The Prime Minister also asked the business community to further promote the role of enterprises - the main entity creating material wealth for society. Strongly apply science and technology, especially digital technology and green technology. Increase labor productivity, increase value, not increase working time of workers, based on innovation...
Pay attention to the material and spiritual life of workers; focus on training and retraining; create a safe and clean working environment; have a salary and bonus regime for workers with many initiatives, high productivity and good quality.
For the workforce, the Prime Minister requested to further promote the role of workers - the subject directly participating in the production process, creating wealth, material and spiritual for society. Continuously improve, self-study to improve qualifications, skills, expertise, experience, adaptability. Enhance the sense of responsibility, dynamism and creativity, improve productivity, quality and efficiency of work. Innovate working style, awareness of law compliance and labor discipline, create a healthy, equal and effective working environment.
| Appreciate the comments After listening to 10 presentations from speakers at the Forum, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded 6 points that need to be learned, which are: Love the profession, love labor; Always learn, improve knowledge and skills; Comply with discipline on occupational safety and hygiene and build a healthy and equal working environment; Always innovate; Be treated appropriately in terms of spirit and material, especially salary and social welfare, reward and honor workers; The Government, Trade Unions and related entities must build a good labor ecosystem. |
 Congratulations letter for the Year of the Dragon 2024 from the President of the Vietnam General Confederation of LaborOn the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2024, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang sent a letter of New Year greetings to union officials of all generations, union members, civil servants, public employees, workers nationwide and Vietnamese workers working abroad. |
 Touching free bus trips to pick up workers returning to work in HanoiImplementing the plan to organize "Trade Union Tet Journey - Spring 2024", on the morning of February 14 (the 5th day of Tet), the Labor Federations of Hanoi, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa cities simultaneously organized for nearly 300 workers of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces to return to Hanoi to work. |
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