Enhancing Human Resource Quality

Lang Son province is home to some732,515 people of different ethnic groups, with the Nung accounting for 42.95 percent, the Tay 35.88 percent, the Kinh (or Viet - the dominant ethnicity in Vietnam) 16.52 percent, and including Dao, H’mong, Hoa (Chinese-originated), and other peoples. People at working age account for 60 percent of population. Each year, the province sees roughly 4,500 people reaching working age. This is a strong driving force for provincial economic development in the coming years, but it also poses employment challenges to Lang Son province. The proportion of trained workers in Lang Son is still modest, only 35 percent in 2010 (just over 25 percent experience vocational training) and while 65 percent remain untrained.

 

In order to supply human resources for provincial development in the coming time, Lang Son has so far established 16 vocational schools capable of training over 14,000 students a year, said Mr Nong Thanh Binh, Director of the Lang Son Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. These training establishments are being expanded to meet the rising demand for human resources. Currently, four districts of Cao Loc, Chi Lang, Huu Lung and Bac Son have vocational training centres capable of meeting local demand for trained manpower.

 

In spite of being a mountainous province, Lang Son province pays close attention to human resource training to support economic development objectives, and considers it a top priority in its development strategies. According to Project 1956/QD-TTg, in the 2010 - 2020 period, the province will spend VND850,985 million for training high-quality human resources to meet development requirements, and support the cause of industrialisation and modernisation of agricultural and rural areas. It will raise the proportion of trained workers to 45 percent by 2015 and 55 percent by 2020.