Decision No. 46/2015/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, issued on 28 September, regulates support for training workers taking elementary-level vocational courses and courses of under 3 months. The highest level of support is 6 million VND, and those living 15 km away will receive an additional 200,000 VND per course.
The maximum vocational training support is 6 million VND (Illustrative photo)
Groups covered: Decision 46/2015/QD-TTg covers women, rural workers and people with disabilities taking elementary-level training programmes and courses of under 3 months.
Priority is given to people with disabilities and people entitled to preferential policies, people with meritorious service to the revolution, people from ethnic minorities, people from poor and near-poor households, people from households whose agricultural or business land has been reclaimed, women workers who have lost their jobs, and fishermen, as well as relevant agencies, organisations and individuals.
Training cost support levels:
Maximum 6 million VND per person per course: People with disabilities.
Maximum 4 million VND per person per course: People from poor ethnic minority households; people from poor households in communes, villages and hamlets facing special difficulties, as defined by the Prime Minister.
Maximum 3 million VND per person per course: People from ethnic minorities, people entitled to preferential policies for those with meritorious service to the revolution, people from poor households, people from households whose agricultural or business land has been reclaimed, women workers who have lost their jobs, and fishermen.
Maximum 2.5 million VND per person per course: People from near-poor households.
Maximum 2 million VND per person per course: Women and rural workers who do not fall into the groups defined in this Article.
“Where a learner falls into more than one of the above groups, they are entitled to only the highest level of training cost support” – excerpt from Decision 46/2015/QD-TTg.
The state budget covers 100% of training costs, implemented in accordance with the Government’s Decree for fishermen studying trades such as operating steel-hulled and new-material-hulled vessels, fishing techniques, and preserving products using new technology, for vessels with a total main engine capacity of 400 HP or more.
Groups entitled to meal and travel support and support levels: Meal and travel support is available to the following groups: people entitled to preferential policies for those with meritorious service to the revolution, people with disabilities, people from ethnic minorities, people from poor and near-poor households, people from households whose agricultural or business land has been reclaimed, and women workers who have lost their jobs, who take elementary-level training programmes and courses of under 3 months.
Meal and travel support levels: meal support of 30,000 VND per person per day of actual study. Travel support of 200,000 VND per person per course if the training location is 15 km or more from the place of residence.
For people with disabilities and learners living in communes, villages or hamlets in difficult or especially difficult areas, as defined by the Prime Minister: travel support of 300,000 VND per person per course if the training location is 5 km or more from the place of residence.
This Decision takes effect from 1 January 2016.
Decision 46/2015/QD-TTg also states: People currently receiving training support whose training period has not yet ended when this Decision takes effect will continue to receive support at the levels set out in this Decision.
Hoang Manh
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