NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses the meeting with workers in Hai Phong city on January 6. (Photo: VNA)Applaudinglocal socio-economic development last year, the top legislator said Hai Phongis a bright spot in the disbursement of public investment, the recovery of tourismand services, and the implementation of social security policies, helpingcreate jobs and improve the life quality of workers.
He stated businesses and workers are at the centre of every decision, notingthat since the first national conference held by the NA Standing Committee inSeptember 2023 to carry out the 15th-tenure NA’s laws andresolutions, the situation has improved much. Issues mentioned voters have beenbasically covered by laws and resolutions released by the parliament.
Describing salary increases as a very difficult issue, he said the Party andState support the building of harmonious, stable, and progressive labourrelations to ensure stable and sustainable development.
In thedigital era, labour relations are diverse. Aside from formal labour, manycompanies hiring out workers have appeared, people can work online, from homeor in a single day, and they can also work for different partners or app-based firms, Hue pointed out, noting that the Employment Law is being amended byrelevant agencies and will be updated with new regulations, including those oninformal labour, labour without contracts, and unemployment insurance.
At the meeting, officials of some NA committees, ministries, and the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour fielded voters’ questions about social housing forworkers in industrial parks, the building of cultural facilities for workers,the preferential tax policy for the companies employing many female personnel,the talent attraction policy, and the training of human resources for marinesectors.
On theoccasion of the New Year, Chairman Hue and Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quangpresented gifts to 200 workers with outstanding performance and those withdisadvantages.
Earlier the same day, Chairman Hue, Deputy PM Quang, Secretary of the Hai Phong municipal Party Committee Le Tien Chau and representatives from ministries and sectors attend a groundbreaking ceremony of the Happy Home project in Hai An district - the largest scale social housing project in the city, providing 4,300 houses/.
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