International co-operation opens up fresh opportunities for Vietnamese workers
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's engagement in various free trade agreements, including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), alongside bilateral labour co-operation agreements, serves to expand employment opportunities both at home and abroad for local workers.
 Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha chairs the seminar (Photo: VOV) |
Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha made the statement during a seminar held on Tuesday aimed at reviewing the five-year implementation for the strategy towards international integration in terms of labour and social affairs to 2020, with a vision towards 2030.
According to the Deputy Minister Ha, along with policy reform, remarkable improvements have been made in reducing poverty and boosting social security, with the national poverty rate falling from 13.7% in 2008 to roughly 4% in 2019.
Most recently, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused the world to re-evaluate approaches to solving problems with regard to social security and integration for disadvantaged groups. This is in tandem with promoting further co-operation across a wide range of fields between countries in order to respond to the pandemic, she said.
Despite these challenges, the Deputy Minister viewed the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to test the effectiveness of technological applications, thereby innovating methods and improving the efficiency of co-operation and external relations.