Lao Cai solves employment for more than 27,000 workers after 9 months

On October 28th, in Bao Thang commune, the Lao Cai Provincial Department of Home Affairs organized a dialogue conference with local authorities and workers on labor and employment policies in 2026 in a cluster of 5 communes including Bao Thang, Tang Long, Xuan Quang, Gia Phu and Phong Hai.

At the conference, delegates were informed about the situation of labor and employment in the first 9 months of the year. The whole province has created jobs for 27,164 workers, reaching 84.88% of the annual plan.

Of which, 7,851 workers have jobs through socio-economic development programs; 9,546 workers are supported from loans from the National Employment Fund; 1,105 people go to work abroad under contract and 8,662 workers are provided and introduced to jobs outside the province.

In the cluster of 5 communes, the results of job creation are different. Xuan Quang created jobs for 353 people, reaching 100.8% of the plan; Bao Thang reached 224 people, equivalent to 99.6%; Gia Phu reached 322 people, equal to 84.7%.

Meanwhile, Tang Long created jobs for 221 people, reaching 78.9% and Phong Hai reached 219 people, equivalent to 78.2% of the annual plan.

The conference spent time for local authorities and workers to exchange views on difficulties in finding jobs, vocational training, career change and accessing support policies.

The contents of concern include creating jobs on the spot associated with sustainable livelihood development; connecting jobs outside the province; borrowing capital to create jobs, develop production and business; vocational training, improving skills and sending workers to work abroad under contract.

The provision of labor market information and protection of workers' rights were also raised at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Pham Tuan Chung - Deputy Director of Lao Cai Provincial Department of Home Affairs proposed that commune authorities improve their responsibility in labor management, proactively grasp people's job needs to build solutions suitable to actual conditions.

Leaders of the Department of Home Affairs emphasized the requirement to strengthen connections between management agencies, training institutions and businesses, ensuring consulting, job introduction and vocational training activities associated with recruitment needs.

At the same time, information about the labor market, especially job opportunities abroad under contract, needs to be provided transparently for people to learn, choose and avoid risks.

Through dialogue, recommendations from grassroots levels are the basis for functional agencies to coordinate in removing obstacles in implementing labor and employment policies, contributing to expanding job opportunities, improving income and stabilizing livelihoods for people in communes in the province.

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