(HBĐT) - Hoa Binh authorities have been implementing solutions to develop the labour
market, aiming to establish a solid foundation for the comprehensive development
of labour market elements, thus promoting socio-economic development and
labour restructuring in order to ensure the connection of the local labour market
with those in other localities nationwide.
Workers in Phu Vinh commune (Tan Lac district) are seeking information about the labour market and job opportunities through the provincial job service centre and recruiting businesses.
Last year, over 19,000 local labourers were provided with employment, while 720 individuals were sent to work abroad. Approximately 17,700 workers were recruited for vocational training. The rate of trained workers reached 59.23%.
In the first half of this year, 7,641 labourers were provided with jobs, equivalent to 47.7% of the target set for the year. As many as 385 workers were recruited to work abroad under contracts, reaching 128% of the year plan. A total of 3,143 individuals received unemployment insurance payments, amounting to nearly 46.2 billion VND (nearly 1.95 million USD). The provincial job service centre is collaborating with localities to organise job fairs, aiming to provide information on the labour market to various groups within the working age, including students of high schools, colleges and vocational schools.
Hoa Binh Technical and Technology College, Hoa Binh Economic & Technical College, and the vocational education institutions across districts and Hoa Binh city have intensified their efforts to improve the quality of training, and implementing projects under the national target programme for vocational education, and reviewing the demand for basic-level vocational training, and providing regular training for labourers in ethnic minority and mountainous regions.
Bui Manh Cuong, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs, stated that to achieve and surpass the targets of employment generation, better labour qualifications and quality, reduce the unemployment rate in 2023, and meet the goals of labour market development in the coming years, besides implementing comprehensive policies and laws, local authorities has implemented programmes and initiatives related to job creation and vocational training, and provided labour market information for specific groups, including people with disabilities, ethnic minority and rural workers. Various training and skill development programmes, career initiatives for new graduate students, and campaigns to popularise policies on labour, employment, labour export, and social insurance have been organised, Cuong said.
Once a mountainous province facing many challenges, Hoa Binh has, after more than a decade of implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area development, emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s northern midland and mountainous region. In the first quarter of 2025, the province recorded positive results, paving the way for Hoa Binh to enter a phase of accelerated growth with a proactive and confident mindset.
Hoa Binh province is steadily advancing its agricultural sector through the adoption of high-tech solutions, seen as a sustainable path for long-term development.
The steering committee for key projects of Hoa Binh province convened on May 14 to assess the progress of major ongoing developments
A delegation of Hoa Binh province has attended the "Meet Korea 2025" event, recently held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, and the People's Committee of Hung Yen province.
Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.