The Women's Union at all levels has effectively carried out three key tasks. These are to support women in their comprehensive development, to build prosperous, happy, progressive and civilized Vietnamese families. To participate in building the Party and the political system; to focus on social supervision and criticism; to mobilize society to implement gender equality. To build a strong Women's Union organization, operating professionally, effectively and integrating internationally.

The whole province has 1,469 orphans and children in especially difficult circumstances who have been sponsored by the Association at all levels with a total committed support amount of over 25.4 billion VND...

In the coming time, the Provincial Women's Union will direct the implementation of programs to support women in economic development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and protection of women's and children's rights. Improve the capacity of union officials. Focus on innovating content and methods, improving the quality of union activities in line with the trend of integration and development. Resolutely implement the policy of streamlining and organizing the apparatus in a streamlined and effective manner in the spirit of Resolution 18-NQ/TW. Focus on building a team of union officials to meet the requirements of the new period with courage, ethics, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility, daring to innovate, and having the capacity to perform tasks...

8:30 a.m.: After the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Le Van Hieu reported at the conference, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau chaired the speeches and answered the opinions and recommendations of female delegates. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee asked the delegates to discuss in groups of issues. The delegates raised questions, opinions and brief suggestions. Representatives of the assigned agencies and units answered to the point.

Focus on vocational training for women in line with digital transformation trends

8:35 am: Delegate Hoang Thi Cay, member of the Farmers' Association of Nhat Quang commune (Gia Loc) was the first delegate to speak in the dialogue. Ms. Cay said that digital transformation and digital economic development in agricultural production is an inevitable trend, contributing to promoting the movement "Farmers compete in production, good business, unite to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty". However, she expressed concerns about the vocational training policy for rural women. "In the coming time, what policies will the province have and how will the organization direct the implementation to train vocational workers who are rural women in line with the above trend?" Ms. Cay asked.

Responding to Ms. Cay's request, Mr. Luong Van Viet, Director of the Department of Education and Training, affirmed that vocational training for rural workers in general and rural female workers in particular in the context of digital transformation has been directed by the province with solutions and tasks through specific plans. In which, focusing on some main contents. That is, innovating vocational training to meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Reviewing needs to coordinate with vocational training institutions to organize flexible and appropriate vocational training classes. Actively building a database of rural workers associated with job search information.

Solutions needed to protect women in cyberspace

8:45 am: Regarding digital transformation, Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Chi, Secretary of the Hai Duong City Youth Union, is concerned about the increasingly sophisticated problem of fraud in cyberspace. Women are a vulnerable group, especially middle-aged and elderly people due to limited technological skills. Ms. Chi recommends that the province take measures to ensure information safety and security in the coming time.

Answering the question of delegate Chi, Mr. Bui Manh Hung, Deputy Director of Hai Duong Provincial Police, stated a number of reasons leading to internet users having their personal information and data leaked, leading to fraud...

To prevent, stop, and combat the use of personal information and data of users on cyberspace to defraud and appropriate property, Deputy Director of the Provincial Police Pham Manh Hung recommended a number of solutions. In particular, the most important solution is to promote the dissemination of legal regulations on personal data protection, skills to protect personal data on cyberspace, and sanctions for the purchase and sale of personal data and bank accounts, especially for women.

Units storing information and user and customer data in the province must develop processes, plans, and server systems to secure user and customer data, not to disclose or sell it to third parties. At the same time, they must promptly notify and coordinate with authorities when data leaks occur. Coordinate with authorities, organizations, businesses, experts, etc. to establish teams to guide personal data protection to train and guide organizations and businesses that manage and use personal data to develop protection plans and handle when personal data leaks are detected. Regularly rehearse situations of attacks and personal data leaks to improve the skills of organizations and businesses. Strengthen and quickly investigate, prosecute, and try cases of buying and selling personal data and bank accounts to disseminate the law and increase deterrence.

Scaling up waste treatment with probiotics at home

8:55 am: Delegate Nguyen Thi Diep, Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Tan Dan Ward (Chi Linh City) requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct relevant agencies to support the assessment of organic waste after decomposition by IMO microorganisms to widely deploy the model of classifying and treating organic waste at home.

Assigned to answer the question of delegate Diep, Mr. Do Tien Dung, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, highly appreciated the contributions of women's associations at all levels in participating in the activity of sorting waste at source. In the coming time, the Department of Agriculture and Environment and the Department of Science and Technology will coordinate to support the evaluation of the effectiveness of this model.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment will also continue to coordinate with the Provincial Environmental Protection Fund and businesses to support environmental protection activities. Priority will be given to supporting the model of classifying and treating organic waste at home using IMO yeast of women's associations at all levels.

Regarding funding to support the implementation of the model, women's unions at all levels will prepare plans and budget estimates and send them to the Department of Finance and the Department of Agriculture and Environment for synthesis and consultation with the Provincial People's Committee to arrange funding. In addition, the Department of Agriculture and Environment will continue to coordinate with the Provincial Environmental Protection Fund and businesses to support environmental protection activities. Priority will be given to supporting the model of classifying and treating organic waste at home using IMO yeast of women's unions at all levels.

Maternity allowance for voluntary social insurance participants is still modest.

9:05 a.m.: Continuing the dialogue, delegate Pham Thi Khanh, Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Kim Anh Commune (Kim Thanh) said that the maternity allowance for voluntary social insurance participants under the Social Insurance Law 2024 is still modest, only receiving 2 million VND for each child born and each fetus from 22 weeks or more that dies in the uterus, or dies during labor.

Delegate Khanh suggested that the subsidy level should be raised so that voluntary social insurance participants can enjoy the same policies as those participating in compulsory social insurance. This will help housewives, family caregivers, and women without stable jobs to have a more solid support when they retire.

Responding to the proposal of delegate Khanh, Ms. Tran Thi Huong, Director of Social Insurance Region XII, said that the old Law on Social Insurance did not stipulate maternity benefits in the voluntary social insurance policy. The Law on Social Insurance 2024, which will take effect from July 1, has added this policy. Accordingly, voluntary social insurance participants who meet the prescribed conditions are entitled to maternity benefits of VND 2 million for each newborn child. The subsidy is guaranteed by the state budget, and employees do not have to pay more than the current regulations.

Adding maternity benefits to the voluntary social insurance policy paid by the state budget without taking from the participants' contributions is a flexible policy, increasing attractiveness to expand the coverage of social insurance participants.

Regarding the proposal that voluntary social insurance participants should also enjoy the same policies as those participating in compulsory social insurance, Ms. Huong said that the social insurance agency will accept it. In the coming time, it will coordinate with state management agencies to submit to competent authorities for consideration and amendment.

Concerns about divorce becoming more common among young people

9:15 a.m.: Concerned about the increasing prevalence of divorce among young people, delegate Doan Thi Huyen, Deputy Secretary of the Nam Sach District Youth Union, proposed that the province direct relevant agencies to provide life skills and pre-marital knowledge to young people.

Answering this question, Comrade Nguyen Thanh Trung, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that there are many reasons leading to the increasingly common divorce situation among young people. Among them are the issue of violence, conflicts in family life such as economy, work, selfish lifestyle, easygoingness, lack of attachment between husband and wife...

However, divorce is mostly due to lack of skills in organizing family life, behavior between husband and wife, between parents and children, between family members...
Based on the above reality, in the state management of family, the province always focuses on and pays attention to the work of educating family ethics and lifestyle through the implementation of action plans and programs.

Every year, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organizes training courses on family work skills to provide knowledge about marriage, parenting skills, family behavior skills, gender equality in the family, helping family members build and maintain harmonious and happy relationships, contributing to preventing domestic violence.

9:30: Conference break.

Middle-aged women have difficulty finding jobs

9:54 a.m.: After the break, comrade Le Van Hieu, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation continued to chair the dialogue.

Regarding the issue of employment for middle-aged women, delegate Ngo Thuy Dung, Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Tu Minh Ward (Hai Duong City) expressed her opinion that currently in localities where agricultural land is being reclaimed for socio-economic development projects, middle-aged women find it difficult to find alternative jobs. The reason is that businesses do not recruit middle-aged people.

Delegates suggested that the province have a plan to help middle-aged women find more suitable jobs, such as supporting the development of small business models or cooperatives.

Regarding ensuring benefits for cadres after the merger, delegate Nguyen Thi Hoa, Vice President of the Women's Union of Cam Viet commune (Thanh Ha) expressed her agreement with the policy of merging commune-level administrative units.

However, delegate Hoa expressed concern that after the merger, the redundant staff, especially those holding the position of deputy head of socio-political organizations, will face difficulties in finding work positions. She requested that provincial leaders pay attention to and create conditions to ensure the rights of staff in general, including female staff.

Responding to the recommendations of delegates Dung and Hoa, comrade Sai Thi Yen, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Home Affairs, said that through understanding the labor situation in the province in 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, some businesses are having difficulty recruiting workers, so there is a tendency to recruit workers over 50 years old.

Associations, establishments, and individual workers can contact the Employment Service Center - Vocational Education to connect labor supply and demand, and introduce jobs at businesses and production and business establishments in the province.

Regarding the policy of supporting people whose land is recovered, the Government and the Provincial People's Committee have issued decisions regulating the mechanism and policies for job creation and vocational training for people whose land is recovered.

The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (now merged with the Department of Home Affairs) has issued an official dispatch on the implementation of the province's decisions, clearly stating the contents of coordination with relevant agencies and units. Localities will synthesize the needs for job search, vocational training, loan support and job referrals. In addition, workers can register to participate in elementary vocational training courses, under 3 months, to change careers and participate in the labor market according to the support policy in Resolution 35/2024/NQ-HDND dated December 11, 2024 of the Provincial People's Council.

Regarding the policy for cadres after the merger of delegate Hoa, the Director of the Department of Home Affairs said that the arrangement of redundant non-professional staff will be carried out according to regulations and the direction and guidance of the Central Government.

On April 15, 2025, the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the establishment of two-level local governments issued Official Dispatch No. 03/CV-BCĐ guiding a number of tasks for the arrangement of administrative units and the organization of two-level local governments.

Accordingly, the current use of non-professional workers at the commune level will end from August 1, 2025. Local authorities will be assigned to consider and arrange non-professional workers at the commune level who meet the requirements of the task to participate in work in villages and residential groups. Policies and regimes will be implemented for cases where work is not arranged according to regulations.

Hai Duong will start construction on 9 social housing projects with nearly 7,000 apartments.

10:00 a.m.: Ms. Vu Thi Gam, Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Ai Quoc Ward (Hai Duong City) suggested that the province pay attention to building projects, calling for investment in building nurseries and kindergartens for children of workers in the province and calling for investment in building more low-cost social housing, especially for female workers and low-income workers.

"Currently, many working couples with young children working in industrial parks and clusters are facing difficulties because their children are still young, they cannot work with peace of mind, and it is difficult to find a place to leave their children," said Ms. Gam.

Responding to the request of delegate Gam, Mr. Vu Minh Nghia, Deputy Director of the Department of Construction, said that recently, Hai Duong province has focused on clearing land to build social housing with full synchronous technical infrastructure and has planned over 60 hectares in detailed planning projects, ensuring social housing land fund according to the approved provincial housing development program.

In addition, for accommodation for workers in industrial parks, Hai Duong province also planned over 41 hectares, meeting enough land fund to build housing, public service facilities for people in general and workers and laborers in industrial parks in the area in particular.

The Deputy Director of the Department of Construction informed that implementing the Project "Investing in the construction of at least 1 million social housing apartments for low-income people and industrial park workers in the period of 2021-2030" approved by the Prime Minister, the Provincial People's Committee has approved the Project on social housing development in Hai Duong province in the period of 2023-2030.

Currently, the province has been accelerating the implementation of social housing projects in the province and striving to complete the investment targets for social housing construction, in which the subjects eligible to buy, rent, and rent-purchase are workers and female laborers. In 2025-2026, Hai Duong plans to start 9 projects with nearly 7,000 apartments.

More support policies for orphans are needed.

10:15 am: Delegate Nguyen Thi Nham, Deputy Head of the Family, Society and Economy Committee (Provincial Women's Union) requested attention to the issue of support policies for orphans.

Delegate Nham said that in the past 3 years, the provincial Women's Union at all levels has mobilized and supported nearly 14 billion VND for the "Godmother" program. On average, each month, the provincial Women's Union at all levels mobilizes nearly 700 million VND to support orphans. The delegate suggested that the province have support policies such as monthly social allowances and health insurance cards for orphans from 7 to under 16 years old.

Responding to the request of delegate Nham, Mr. Do Van Tien, Deputy Director of the Department of Finance, said that the Government has issued regulations on social assistance policies for social protection beneficiaries, stipulating that orphans under 16 years old without a source of support who are social protection beneficiaries receive monthly social assistance and purchase health insurance cards.

Hai Duong Provincial People's Council issued Resolution No. 03/2021/NQ-HDND dated June 30, 2021 to expand the social protection beneficiaries in the province, including children under 16 years old who are orphans of one parent and the remaining parent is receiving social assistance policies for social protection beneficiaries in the community, unable to raise them. The province's support policy for these beneficiaries is higher, broader, and more superior than the regulations of the Central Government. This demonstrates the province's attention to orphans and disadvantaged children...

The Deputy Director of the Department of Finance hopes that the Association will maintain and develop the “Godmother” program. At the same time, he requested the Provincial Women’s Union to coordinate with the Department of Health to review and specifically evaluate each subject that has not been supported. On that basis, based on the actual conditions of the locality, advise the Provincial People’s Committee to submit to the Provincial People’s Council for consideration and supplement the conditions for receiving monthly social allowances and purchasing health insurance cards for these subjects.

Pay attention to supporting capital with preferential interest rates for ethnic women

10:25 am: Delegate Nguyen Thi Hoe, President of the Women's Union of Hoang Hoa Tham Commune (Chi Linh City) proposed that all levels have solutions to support many sources of capital with preferential interest rates for the people and especially for ethnic women.

According to delegate Hoe, Hoang Hoa Tham is a mountainous commune, a remote area of ​​Chi Linh City. People mainly do agriculture, intensive farming on the fields. Most intensive farming is small-scale, so to expand production and develop other service industries, a lot of capital is needed.

Facing the proposal of Hoe, Mr. Hoang Lien Son, Director of the Provincial Bank for Social Policies, said that in recent years, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee have always paid attention and transferred the local budget to the provincial Social Policy Bank branch to supplement the capital for poor households and other policy beneficiaries in the area.

Up to now, the budget capital of Hai Duong province has reached over 542 billion dong.

In the coming time, the provincial People's Committee will continue to pay attention, balance and allocate additional capital to the Social Policy Bank to carry out loans for preferential credit programs in the area, meeting the people's benefits.

10:45: The conference ended the speech, responded to the opinions of the delegates