Illustrative photo (Source: vanhien.vn)Vinh Phuc (VNA) – The northern province of Vinh Phuc haspaid great attention to job creation for rural labourers through policies tosupport vocation training and attract investment.
According to reports of relevant agencies in the province, Vinh Phuccreated more than 18,700 jobs in the first nine months of this year, achieving 78percent of the yearly plan. The province sent 1,459 workers abroad to workunder contracts in Japan, Taiwan and the Republic of Korea.
Last year, the figures were 25,000 and more than 2,000, respectively.
The results were attributable to the strong development of productionand service in the province.
At present, the province is housing 344 foreign-invested projects with combinedcapital of 4.65 billion USD, which employ a total of 87,000 local workers. Justfive years ago, only 90 FDI enterprises operated in Vinh Phuc, employing 37,790labourers.
Besides industrial parks, Vinh Phuc also has 25 craft villages,providing stable jobs and incomes for around 45,000 local labourers.
The province has adopted several measures to facilitate the developmentof craft villages, such as providing support in the form of vocationaltraining, or preferential loans to production households to buy machinery andequipment.
The provincial administration is assisting investors in accelerating theconstruction of infrastructure in industrial parks, industrial clusters andcraft villages, while pushing ahead with administrative reform to improve thebusiness and investment environment, and enhance the province’s competitivecapacity.
Vinh Phuc is also intensifying investment promotion work, givingpriority to attracting investment in hi-tech and environmentally-friendlyprojects./.
VNA
