QUALITY OF LABOR FORCE IN VIETNAM

Prepared by Group 4

1. Phan Thi Thu Phuong (Leader)2. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen3. Le Thu Huong 4. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Chinh

5. Hoang Thanh Van 6. Pham Thuy Linh7. Nguyen Ngoc Chi 8. Nguyen Dieu Huong

Submitted to teacher Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuong

Economic Geography Course

CONTENTSBASIC

PROBLEM• Definition • Characteristics

REALITY

• Quantity• Quality of education• Physical strength• Psychological quantities

SOLUTIONS• Physical strength• Education and technical training• Policy recommendations

I. BASIC PROBLEM1. Definition:

Basic definition

• The total number of people employed or seeking employment in a country or region also called work force

According UN• Labor force is all

skills, knowledge and experience, energy and creativity of the human relationship to the development of each individual and country.

According economic development

• All the members of a particular organization or population, who are able to work, viewed collectively.

I. BASIC PROBLEM2. Characteristics

Plentiful but untrained

The quality is not high

Workforce young, male-female ratio fairly balance

Structure is irrational allocation

The unemployment rate is still high

Low income

II. REALITY1. Quantity:

o Viet Nam has abundant labor resourceso Rural areas 69.9% of the

labor force.o More than 3/4 aged from

15 and older.o Youth labor is a specific

and potential force.

II. REALITY2. Educational levels and technical training a. Educational levels:o Directly affects the quality of labor forceo Still lowo Training structure is still unreasonable o High educational level labor force aren’t distributed evenlyo Educational level has separation between men and women (not

significantly)o Government need offer measures to improve the from basic to

comprehensive

II. REALITY2. Educational levels and technical training b. Technical training:Viet Nam has about 2.6 million graduated labors. It not only expresses through knowledge level but only be skill.

II. REALITY2. Educational levels and technical trainingc. Composition of employed population by educational attainment

II. REALITY3. Physical Strength:

Not good enough to satisfy the requirements of the industrialization and modernization.o Lower by 8 - 9 cm than the standards.

II. REALITY3. Physical Strength:

Country Height (cm) Weight (kg)Viet Nam 147 34,4Thailand 149 40,5

Philippine 153 45,5India 155 49,5Japan 164 53,3

According to National Institute of Nutrition, Nutrition of Vietnamese people

II. REALITY3. Physical Strength:

Not good enough to satisfy the requirements of the industrialization and modernization.o Lower by 8 - 9 cm than the standards.o Still lower about height, weight, stamina.o Worker meals are poor in quality.o Lacking necessary healthcare services.

II. REALITY4. Psychology

o Slowly responding to changes because of being affected by centrally-planned economyo Influenced by small scale productiono Lack of professional working skills o Unemployment is a social problem

III. SOLUTIONS1. Physical strength

o Enhance and improve the quality of mealso Developing health services and

health care workerso The companies must adopt new

technology innovation and clean production to protect employees.

III. SOLUTIONS2. Education and technical training

o Open career schools and encourage them to learn a career.o Teach vocational training in the

high school curriculumo Laborers go abroad to do work at

factories.

III. SOLUTIONS3. Policy recommendations

o Strengthen management and supervision o Develop labor organizations o Strongly promote support programs o Design and issue policies to improve

work skillso State management agencies on

insurance need to issue more comprehensive and detailed instructions

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