According to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Japan was the largest market, receiving 34,508 Vietnamese labourers in the period, followed by Taiwan (China) with 31,538, the Republic of Korea (1,608), and China (902).

Nearly 72,300 workers were sent abroad in the first half of 2023.

In June alone, as many as 12,649 labourers were sent abroad, mostly to Japan and Taiwan.

The same month, Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and the RoK’s Minister of Employment and Labour Lee Jung Sik, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on sending and receiving Vietnamese labourers to work in the RoK, within the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.

For Vietnamese guest workers, the RoK is a high-income and close-to-culture market, so it attracts many workers from the Southeast Asian nation. The average income of workers in the RoK ranges from 1,500 - 2,000 USD per month. The EPS programme brings many high-income jobs to Vietnamese workers, as well as contributes to the RoK’s development.

Vietnam set a target to send 110,000 workers abroad in 2023.

Labours at Bac Giang industrial parks increase over 1,400 people

(BGO) – Since early May, some businesses have had new orders and scaled up so they have employed more labours.

Labour market to record 150,000 new jobs in Q2: ministry

About 150,000 new jobs will be created in the second quarter of this year, including 28,200 in electronics and optical device manufacturing, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

PM requests more dialogues to listen to labourers' thoughts, aspirations

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 27 attended a ceremony to launch the Action Month on Occupational Safety and Hygiene and the Month for Workers in 2023, during which he stressed the need to pay more attention to labourers, and listen to their thoughts and aspirations.

A business for labour

(BGO) – Intermax Vietnam Company Limited in Ngoc Van commune in Tan Yen district is one among a few enterprises in Bac Giang province maintaining “Business for labour” title granted by the provincial Labour Confederation since 2018. It is a deserving reward for the company’s effort to care for the spiritual and material life of trade union members and labours.

Vietnam sends nearly 38,000 labourers abroad in first quarter

Vietnam sent 37,923 labourers abroad in the first three months of 2023, accounting for 34.48% of the whole year plan, and more than 15 times higher than the same period in 2022.

Source: NDO