According to ILO and ADB's report published on August 19, 2014 on ASEAN labor productivity, labor productivity in Vietnam in 2007-2013 has seen improved significantly, narrowed the gap with other countries in the region. Labor productivity of the ASEAN countries in 2007 2.12 times higher than that of Vietnam, by 2013 this gap had narrowed, 1.98 times.The report shows that the labor productivity of Vietnam is still very low in ASEAN. Many suggested that, due to the occupation of lower labor Vietnam should lead to this situation.
However, according to experts, this judgment is not properly reflect the nature of labor productivity and the reality of Vietnam. Because labor productivity is the result of long-term development of the country and governed by many factors, not just from the labor qualifications. Therefore, to improve national productivity require synchronous solutions and take steps to increase the productivity of each sector of the economy: agriculture, industry and construction, and services.
Comprehensive development of human resources
There is a paradox to be pointed out that although Vietnam is beyond Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand in the skills competitions, but the labor productivity of Vietnam 15 times less Singaporean, Malaysian least 5 times and only 2/5 of labor productivity when compared with Thailand. The question is, how to reform the way, improve the efficiency of vocational training according to market mechanisms to meet the needs of the business?
According to the General Directorate of Vocational Duong Duc Lan, child labor and abundant opened up many opportunities for Vietnam. Can confirm, skill level and expertise of employees Vietnam no significant differences with other countries in the region, but the "soft skills" like the ability to adapt to technology, foreign language proficiency, teamwork, collaborative, ... poor, have little to hinder production. This is considered a major cause leading to the labor productivity of Vietnam has much worse.
So, want to raise labor productivity to thrive and comprehensive human resources, accelerate the training, especially the training of high quality, innovative methods, and improve the efficiency of training according to the market mechanism. In particular, the need to focus on training linked to social needs, creating incentives to encourage enterprises to provide vocational training for workers and training cooperation with vocational training facilities.
According to Mr. Duong Duc Lan, before 2000, we trained in the form of "nothing to teach it," but then in 2000 moved from providing direction towards the bridge. Currently, 230 programs were enacted framework, including the core knowledge and skills to be formed after the job analysis process. The framework is issued on the basis of needs, knowledge and skills required by businesses.
Mr. Duong Duc Lan said that by 2015, the ASEAN labor market will be formed, requiring training towards achieving the national level, regional and international countries worldwide recognition. In 2014, the General Department of Vocational Training will continue to carry out activities of technical support for the system under development strategy vocational training such as Standardized vocational teachers key international level, regional ASEAN countries, standardized management staff training. Initially, the General will cooperate with Australia implemented teacher training programs at regional level job. 12 vocational trainings on your part to carry out the transfer of programs, curricula, with 600 teachers recruited from local participants.
Improve the productivity of industry and services is one of the key solutions to increase labor productivity
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In the plenary discussion at the 8th session of the National Assembly XIII (October 30), spoke about the issue of improving labor productivity and raise incomes for workers, VFF Chairman Nguyen Vietnam Thien Nhan said that the labor productivity of a nation's aggregate labor productivity of all sectors of the national economy. Therefore, to increase labor productivity of the whole economy must first increase the productivity of each sector in the economy.
According to calculations, in 2014 the labor productivity of industrial sector of our country than 4.8 times the agricultural sector; while labor productivity service sector 3.5 times as compared to the agricultural sector. Therefore, it is necessary to lift the bottleneck for the sustainable development of the agricultural sector, increase income and productivity of farmers.
Besides, to improve labor productivity, the experts also said that investment in science and technology is the key. Vietnamese enterprises are aware of the benefits of investing in technology to help improve the quality of products but are facing financial difficulty.
To remove this difficulty, an economist Nguyen Minh Phong proposed mechanisms need policies to encourage enterprises to invest in the technology closer to reality. We have made such moves have policies to encourage enterprises to establish enterprise funds; and deductions for investment expenses on science and technology before calculation of tax. Besides, we also have to create equal access to funding national science and technology for enterprises.
At the same time, to effectively implement the national program on technology innovation and development of high technology products and countries. In particular, mechanisms need to be applied to order, encourage and support enterprise technology innovation, use of high technology research and development, attract investors and foreign investment in manufacturing high-tech and support industries.
