Labour ministers from the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will gather in the capital city ofHanoi on May 24 in an effort to develop regional human resources foreconomic recovery and development.

At the 21 st ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM), the ministerswill deal with polices on human resource development, employment, socialinsurance, industrial relation, migrant workers and other issuesrelating to labour in the region, said Vietnamese Standing DeputyMinister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Dam Huu Ducin a press briefing in Hanoi on May 17.

Regarding to the human resource development, the MOLISA official saidthe ministers will focus their discussions on how to improve skills forworkers toward a common labour market in ASEAN, where a worker from acountry can secure jobs in another country, said the official.

To set up the common labour market, Vietnam , as the chair of themeeting, will lead the delegates in a discussion to build a set of skillstandards for common professions in ASEAN, added Deputy Minister Duc,elaborating that those workers who meet the standards can be accepted inall ASEAN member countries.

Results of the discussions will be submitted to the ASEAN Summit thatis scheduled to take place in Hanoi in October, said the DeputyMinister.

Following the 21 st ALMM, the same day, ASEAN labour ministers willmeet their counterparts from China , Japan and the Republic ofKorea .

The meeting will evaluate the effectiveness of the cooperation inhuman resource development, employment and social security between ASEANand those partners and discuss cooperation plans in the time to come./.