A hybrid event was organised to review the 10-year implementation of Directive 16-CT/TW dated May 8, 2012 by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Secretariat on strengthening the CPV’s leadership on the management of contracting guest labourers and specialists to work abroad.

The conference reviews the 10-year implementation of Directive 16-CT/TW dated May 8, 2012 by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Secretariat on strengthening the CPV’s leadership on the management of contracting guest labourers and specialists to work abroad.

Reporting on the directive’s implementation, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Do Ngoc An said that legislation on this matter has been improved to align with international laws and practices and Vietnam’s policies on global integration.

The country has exerted greater efforts in vocational and foreign language training for guest workers and specialists as well as provided them with knowledge on their host countries’ legal systems and customs, and career counselling, he said.

There are now 451 organisations and companies providing overseas labour services, doubling that of 2012 when the directive was issued. The number of foreign markets that Vietnamese workers are sent to reached 25 in 2022, compared to just nine in 2013, according to An.

Vietnamese guest workers earned an average income of 200 million VND (8,536 USD) per person per year, much higher than that of those doing similar jobs in Vietnam, he said, adding the remittances sent by them have contributed to eradicating poverty, expanding business and production, creating jobs and increasing the country’s foreign currency reserves.

In his remarks, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung urged ministries and local administrations to further enhance regulatory frameworks on the matter. Greater attention should be paid to negotiating with host countries on overseas labour agreements, improving state management on the issue, researching foreign labour supply and demand, and developing a sustainable, flexible and modern labour market.

Pandemic-hit labourers continue to receive financial support

The Unemployment Insurance Fund plans to pay out 1.15 trillion VND (49.15 million USD) to support labourers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a resolution issued by the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

99 percent of labours with approved decision receive housing rent support

(BGO) - Implementing Decision No.08/2022/QD-TTg on March 28 of Prime Minister about implementing housing rent support for labours (Decision 08), so far Bac Giang city and three districts of Viet Yen, Yen Dung and Hiep Hoa have received proposals from 596 turns of businesses to support more than 171,200 turns of labours with total amount of nearly 88 billion VND (3.76 million USD).

Various programmes on sending labourers to the RoK attracts workers

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is one of the markets that have received many Vietnamese workers in recent years. This is a popular market with high wages, low exit costs and a good working environment.

Incheon Union Federation works with Bac Giang Labour Federation

(BGO) – The working delegation from the Union Federation in Incheon city, Republic of Korea (RoK) lead by General Secretary Yun-Ju Cho on August 1 visited and worked with the Labour Federation in Bac Giang city.

Source: VNA