Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuclaunched the national labour productivity movement during a conference held inHanoi on August 7.

According to data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO),the labour productivity in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia was13.7, 5.3, 2.7 and 2.2 times higher than that of Vietnam in 2018.

The mining sector recorded thehighest labour productivity while agro-forestry-fisheries posted the lowest,only about 38.9 percent of the whole economy’s.

The GSO attributed it to small economic size, outdated machinery, limitedworkforce quality and poor management of resources.

However, the PMsaid the labour productivity remains low but increases steadily over years.

In order to raiselabour productivity, he outlined six major orientations, including refining socialist-orientedmarket economy mechanism, improving State governance and nationalcompetitiveness, promoting shift of labour structure to quality services,reforming finance-banking, accelerating reform in State and private sector,attracting foreign direct investment in priority fields, and integrating intothe global economy.

Six tasks includerefining mechanisms to effectively tap resources, improving the effectivenessof labour market in both supply and demand, attracting talents at home andabroad, enhancing education quality which should be considered the top nationalpolicy in the new situation while paying attention to investing inscience-technology.

The Ministry ofPlanning and Investment was assigned to collect feedback at the event to deviselaws to submit to the PM for consideration.

Concluding theevent, the leader said improving labour productivity is an important task thatneeds involvement of the entire political system, business community, andcontingent of scientists, researchers and managers.-VNA