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Over 95 percent of apprentices in HCM City get jobs

More than 95 percent of students graduating from vocational training schools in Ho Chi Minh City have got jobs, said a local official.
Over 95 percent of apprentices in HCM City get jobs
Over 95 percent of apprentices in HCM City get jobs ảnh 1A student at the Hung Vuong technical vocational training school in HCM City (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – More than 95 percentof students graduating from vocational training schools in Ho Chi Minh City havegot jobs, said a local official.

The information was revealed by Deputy Directorof the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen VanLam at a conference held in HCM City on August 5.

Lam said to reap the aforesaid outcomes,vocational training establishments in the city have actively collaborated withbusinesses to organise appropriate training programmes, focusing on the fieldsof the city’s development requirement such as technology, high-qualityservices, and industrial sectors along with eight sectors where labourers arepermitted to move freely for work in other member countries of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Rector of Thu Duc College of Technology NguyenThi Ly said many schools have looked forward to training connectivity withbusinesses in ASEAN countries or in Asia to create more employmentopportunities for students after graduation.

The college has coordinated with labour exportagencies to send 36 students for practice at the Isuzu company in Japan for oneyear, she added.

Dang Minh Su, head of the vocational trainingdivision under the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs,suggested building training programmes in automobile, electronics, mechanicalengineering, logistics, and maintenance of mechanical and industrial equipment.

According to the municipal Department of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs, as of August 2019, the city had over 3.8 milliontrained workers out of 4.6 million people in the working age, up 3.68 percentyear-on-year.-VNA
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