Japan was the largest market for Vietnamese workers in the period, accounting for 71,156, an increase of 16.64 percent from the same period last year. Taiwan (China) followed with 49,980 workers, down 12.72 percent. The Republic of Korea came next with 6,940.

Illustrative photo.

European nations received 1,693 labourers in the reviewed period, up 2.23 percent year-on-year and making up 1.27 percent of the total.

The number of Vietnamese guest workers sent to countries in the Middle East accounted for only 1.05 percent of the total, with Saudi Arabia receiving highest number of 1,101 people.

From January-November, only 584 people went to work in other Southeast Asian nations, down 0.44 percent compared to the same period last year.

Meanwhile, 350 people were sent to North Africa, equivalent to 0.26 percent.

According to Nguyen Gia Liem, Deputy Director General of the Department of Overseas Labour Management, enterprises providing labour export services should pay more attention to improving the quality of guest workers.

Many legal regulations related to vocational training and foreign language skills will be adjusted to boost the quality of labourers, Liem said.

Close and synchronous control over labor export

(BGO) – Bac Giang has been recently a top leading locality among the Northern mountainous provinces in the number of labors exported. However, there arise many issues relating to the governmental control over the labor export.  

24 Bac Giang businesses granted labor export license

(BGO) – To date, Bac Giang province has sent about 25,000 labors abroad, mostly working in Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Malaysia and Middle East area. 

Vietnam, South Korea sign MoU on labor export program

Qualified Vietnamese workers would be able to find work in South Korea under the program for another two years.

Vietnam, Japan sign record of discussions on employing specific skilled workers

Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the Japan International Training Cooperation Organisation (JITCO) on November 25 signed a record of discussions on a specified skilled workers programme and technical intern programme.

Harrowing tales of horror: Migrant workers tell their stories

Suffocation. Whipped like slaves. The fear of dying as a gun is pointed to the head. These are not experiences associated with a better life, but this is what Luc remembers most. These were real, direct experiences, not happening in a book or in a movie.

Source: VNA