E/C.12/VNM/CO/2-4 (b) Continue to raise awareness about equal sharing of responsibilities in the family and in society, and monitor, on the basis of baseline data, the impact of campaigns on society’s perception of gender roles; (c) Remove gender biases and stereotypes in school materials; (d) Promote training for women in non-traditional fields and in areas that will provide them with equal career opportunities in the formal economy; (e) Develop affordable child-care services and introduce a system of paternity leave; (f) Implement temporary special measures to achieve the objectives of women’s representation in public administration, as set out in the 2011–2020 National Strategy on Gender Equality. Unemployment and underemployment 17. The Committee notes with concern that the youth unemployment rate remains significantly high in the State party. The Committee is further concerned that a majority of unemployed young people are found to be untrained for the labour market, in spite of the existence of a fairly developed system of vocational training. Moreover, the Committee is concerned at the extent of underemployment, particularly in the rural areas, in the State party (art. 6). The Committee recommends that the State party reform its educational, vocational and professional training programmes, based on a careful assessment of needs, so as to offer skills that facilitate access to employment opportunities. It should ensure that they are equally accessible in rural areas. The Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 18 (2005) on the right to work. Conditions of work, including in the informal economy 18. The Committee is concerned at the persistence of poor working conditions in the State party as well as at the limited awareness of labour safety and hygiene among workers and employers, exacerbated by the size of the informal economy and the limited capacity of labour inspection (art. 7). The Committee recommends that the State party continue efforts to: (a) Raise awareness of labour safety and hygiene among workers and employers; (b) Ensure that the level of the minimum wage provides a decent living for workers and their families, and that mechanisms are in place for enforcing the legal provisions on fair wages and equal remuneration for work of equal value; (c) Take steps, such as the promotion of the use of standard contracts, to reduce the vulnerability of workers in the informal economy to abuse, and gradually reduce the number of workers outside the formal economy; (d) Allocate the necessary resources so that the inspection system is sufficiently staffed with trained inspectors to monitor conditions of work, including in the informal economy. Migrant workers 19. The Committee is concerned that irregularities in the recruitment of Vietnamese migrant workers, the limited scope of the Law on Vietnamese People Working Abroad 5

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