According to Minister Pham Thi Hai Chuyen, in an interview with Vietnam News Agency, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has set renovating vocational training, increasing labour productivity, and creating additional jobs for young workers as key goals for 2015.

The key factors causing low productivity in Vietnam identified out-of-date production technology, high labour proportion in agriculture, poor human resources quality, and ineffective administrative procedures and economic structure.

To address these constraints, the Government advocates the application of advanced technology in the manufacturing process to improve the labour productivity. In addition, the Vocational Education Law, expected to take effect on 1 July 2015, will allow domestic and foreign organisations and individuals to open training institutions equipped with new technology. MOLISA will also encourage students to take vocational routes as a practical alternative besides higher education.

So far, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, northern Hai Phong, southern Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces, and Can Tho has generated the majority of jobs nationwide.

The ministry has boosted cooperation with Thailand, Angola, Laos and Russia while attaining increases in labour export to traditional key markets of Taiwan and Japan.