Lao Labour ministry, partners weigh up rural employment boosting efforts
Representatives from development partners, line departments of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the provinces met on Thursday in Vientiane to review efforts on increasing employment opportunities in rural areas.
The ‘Project Steering Committee Meeting on National Rural Employment Strategy in the Lao PDR – Towards Increasing Opportunities for Decent and Productive Employment in Rural Areas’ was attended by Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare and committee member, Mrs Baykham Khattiya, Representative of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Ms Joni Simpson along with labour officials from the target provinces and ministry.
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
