Decision No. 2331/QD-TTg dated December 20, 2010 of the Prime Minister promulgating the list of national target programs in 2011

ISSUING 15 NATIONAL TARGET PROGRAMS IN 2011

On December 12, 2010, the Prime Minister issue the Decision No. 2331/QD-TTg promulgating the list of national target programs in 2011

Accordingly, the national target program on employment has objectives in raising,  the vocational training quality and effectiveness with a view to creating jobs and increasing incomes for rural labor; to contribute to labor and economic restructuring for the cause of agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization; supporting the job creation and develop the labor market, especially in rural areas and non- formal sectors. The national target program includes 6 component projects such as renovation and development of vocational training; vocational training for rural laborers; job creation loans from the National Employment Fund; support for sending laborers to work overseas under contracts; support for labor market development; capacity building, communication and program monitoring and evaluation.

The national target program is managed by The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries, sectors and localities in, managing and organizing the program implementation.

Besides, The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries, sectors and localities in, managing and organizing the program implementation in the national target programs such as the poverty reduction national target program; the rural clean water and environmental sanitation national target program; the health national target program; the population and family planning national target program; the food hygiene and safety national target program; the national target program on culture; the national target program on drug prevention and combat; the national target program on crime prevention and combat; the national target program on energy efficiency and conservation and so on.