Job Fair for the disabled

(KPL) The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare would stage a three-day job fair for disabled people, in the National Culture Hall, from 10 to12 March, with the objectives of developing the disabled people in Laos, giving them a sense of dignity and integrating them into society.

This was said by the Deputy Head of the Office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Phetsavang Sounnalath during a meeting on holding this job fair in Vientiane on 3 March.

Mr Phetsavang Sounnalath said that one of the aims of this job fair was to get the government and private companies to recruit the disabled to become members of their work force.

”From now till the day of the job fair we would be advertising in the various media platforms to get such companies to attend this event,” said Mr Phetsavang.

Another aspect of this job fair, he added, would be to get the disabled people from all over the country to register.

At least 20 companies are expected to be at this event. Provision of work for the disabled would be based on two conditions, that the company provides them with comfortable working conditions and that the disabled are happy with such conditions and put in their level best.

This job fair will be jointly funded by Japan and ASEAN. They have been funding such fairs in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar since 2007-2008.

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