This is the 5th consecutive year the labor export has exceeded 100,000 persons per year, and the number of Vietnamese working overseas have increased through the years.

This is the 5th consecutive year the labour export has exceeded 100,000 persons per year.

In 2018, Japan, for the first time, surpassed Taiwan (China) to become the country receiving the most Vietnamese workers with more than 67,000.

Taiwan ranked second, receiving 65,000 Vietnamese laborers, followed by the Republic of Korea (RoK) with over 6,000.

According to the Vietnam Labour Export Association, there were 28 markets receiving Vietnamese workers in 2018, and only six of them received from 1,000 workers upwards, including Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, the RoK, Romania and Saudi Arabia. Those working in Taiwan and Japan account for more than 90 percent of the total.

Major Vietnamese worker receivers are mainly in the Northeast Asian region.

Romania is a market that many labor export businesses are interested in.

Nearly 116,700 Vietnamese workers sent abroad in 10 months

Vietnam sent 116,675 workers, including 41,636 females, to foreign countries in the first 10 months of this year, exceeding the yearly plan by 6.07 percent.

 

Vietnam sends over 102,000 labourers working abroad during Jan-Sep

More than 102,000 Vietnamese workers went to work overseas in the first nine months of this year, including nearly 37,000 female workers, reaching 92.64% of the yearly set target.

 

More National Day greetings flow in from abroad

Leaders from countries across the world continued to send in their greetings on the occasion of Vietnam’s 73rd National Day (September 2).

 

Vietnam’s mooncakes shipped abroad for traditional festival

A large volume of Vietnamese mooncakes will be shipped to foreign markets in the next few weeks as the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival is on the horizon.

 

President lauds contributions of chief representatives abroad

President Tran Dai Quang attributed the achievements Vietnam has recorded in external affairs and international integration to the contributions made by heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, during talks on the sidelines of the 30th Diplomatic Conference on August 14.

 

Source: VNA