Hanoi (VNA) – The government needs to have exclusivepolicies to attract migrant workers, particularly those from vulnerable groups,back to factories, heard at an international seminar on COVID-19 and socialchanges held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)’ Institute ofSociology in Hanoi on November 11.
In his opening remarks, Prof. Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh, VASSVice President, said the COVID-19 has claimed more than 5 million livesglobally. The pandemic has left many people without jobs or with reducedincomes, being isolated or hospitalized and living with insecurity, anxiety andstress.
As experts from the World Health Organisation havewarned that it is impossible to eradicate the coronavirus, many countriesstarted accepting the fact that people must live with the virus, and increasingvaccine coverage and launches of new treatment drugs would help reduce newinfections, severe cases and deaths, Anh said.
From a sociological approach, the seminar focused on analysingchanges in social behaviour, relations and norms, enabling people to safely andflexibly adapt to the pandemic.
Speaking of COVID-19 impacts on migrant workers atindustrial parks, Assoc. Prof., Dr. Dang Thi Hoa from the Institute ofPsychology said about 9.1 million Vietnamese aged 15 and above have had their livelihoodsnegatively affected by the pandemic. Tens thousands of migrant workers havebeen forced to leave factories and return to their hometowns in July andSeptember, she added.
Urging the government to adopt incentives, such asproviding support in training, housing, healthcare and childcare, to attractmigrant workers back to factories, she particularly emphasized the need to haveexclusive policies for workers from vulnerable groups, for example, ethnicminorities, the poor, and those from disadvantaged areas.
Speakers at the event discussed the status andtrends of Vietnam’s labour market at the time of COVID-19, COVID-19 impacts onsome vulnerable groups in Russia, and social civil organisations under COVID-19impacts. They also proposed solutions to develop social theories to support thegovernment’s science-based decision making for timely response to socialbehaviour changes./.
In his opening remarks, Prof. Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh, VASSVice President, said the COVID-19 has claimed more than 5 million livesglobally. The pandemic has left many people without jobs or with reducedincomes, being isolated or hospitalized and living with insecurity, anxiety andstress.
As experts from the World Health Organisation havewarned that it is impossible to eradicate the coronavirus, many countriesstarted accepting the fact that people must live with the virus, and increasingvaccine coverage and launches of new treatment drugs would help reduce newinfections, severe cases and deaths, Anh said.
From a sociological approach, the seminar focused on analysingchanges in social behaviour, relations and norms, enabling people to safely andflexibly adapt to the pandemic.
Speaking of COVID-19 impacts on migrant workers atindustrial parks, Assoc. Prof., Dr. Dang Thi Hoa from the Institute ofPsychology said about 9.1 million Vietnamese aged 15 and above have had their livelihoodsnegatively affected by the pandemic. Tens thousands of migrant workers havebeen forced to leave factories and return to their hometowns in July andSeptember, she added.
Urging the government to adopt incentives, such asproviding support in training, housing, healthcare and childcare, to attractmigrant workers back to factories, she particularly emphasized the need to haveexclusive policies for workers from vulnerable groups, for example, ethnicminorities, the poor, and those from disadvantaged areas.
Speakers at the event discussed the status andtrends of Vietnam’s labour market at the time of COVID-19, COVID-19 impacts onsome vulnerable groups in Russia, and social civil organisations under COVID-19impacts. They also proposed solutions to develop social theories to support thegovernment’s science-based decision making for timely response to socialbehaviour changes./.
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