Urban unemployment rate below 4% in 2016
Unemployment rate in urban areas would be below 4% and the proportion of poor households would be reduced to 8.62-8.42% this year as according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
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The ministry representative said over the past nine months, the tasks of developing the labour market, generating jobs, vocational training, improving human resources, as well as reducing poverty and ensuring social security were carried out efficiently.
In 2017, the ministry defines orientations of making the labour market more flexible with the needs of employers and employees easily met.
It will also improve the quality of labour maket information and anticipation and promote the role of job services centers, while increasing consultancy and occupational orientations and implementing effectively policies to create jobs for workers, especially students, people with disabilities, and those from ethnic minority groups.