Under the new decree, guiding the new law on Vietnamese working overseas under contract, recruiters will not be allowed to send citizens abroad for seven dangerous and hazardous jobs.

Vietnamese will be banned from working as masseuse/masseur at hotels, restaurants and entertainment facilities abroad.

A new decree bans Vietnamese from taking massage jobs abroad.

They will be forbidden to work in jobs that come in frequent contact with explosives and toxic substances in the metallurgy of non-ferrous metals, as well as jobs that involve exposure to open radioactive sources and exploitation of radioactive ores of all kinds.

They are banned working production and packaging jobs that expose them to nitric acid, sodium sulfate, pesticides, herbicides, mice, antisepsis, and termites with strong toxicity.

Hunting wild animals, crocodiles and sharks is also forbidden. In addition, recruiters are banned from sending Vietnamese abroad working in pressure-sensitive conditions, such as underground or the diving industry.

Those jobs involved in shrouding, burying of the dead, cremation of corpses and exhuming graves is also on the banned list for Vietnamese workers abroad.

Over 147,000 workers went abroad last year, up 3.2 percent from 2018, marking the sixth year in a row the figure exceeded 100,000, according to official statistics.

In recent years, many Vietnamese women have been caught working illegally as masseuses or sex workers at restaurants and entertainment facilities in other Southeast Asian countries. Many of them were trafficking victims.

Japan’s new visa policy paves way for Vietnamese guest workers

Vietnamese people account for 55 percent of the foreign workers who are granted visa under Japan’s new policy adopted from April 1, 2019, according to the Immigration Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Justice.

Vietnam ranks second in number of guest workers in Japan

Vietnam now ranks second in the number of employees working in Japan, according to the latest statistics of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Number of guest workers to Republic of Korea increase

(BGO) – The Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) in the northern province of Bac Giang has completed the health examination and received the application dossiers of 83 labors to Republic of Korea, mostly those passed the Korean language and practice test in 2019 for two fields of manufacturing and construction. 

Job opportunities for guest workers back from ROK and Japan

Vietnamese guest workers who returned home from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan will be offered with further opportunities to work for enterprises from the two countries at an upcoming job festival in early September.

Focusing on prevention of illegal guest worker

(BGO) – The competent forces in Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province have recently detected nearly 2,000 labors illegally working abroad.  

Source: VnExpress