Over 62,700 Vietnamese workers sent aboard
As many as 62,760 Vietnamese workers have been sent to work abroad under time-limit contracts since the beginning of the year, meeting 78.5 percent of the annual plan, the Overseas Labour Management Department reported.
The department, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said Malaysia is Vietnam’s biggest labour import market, which currently has 21,313 guest-workers, followed by Taiwan (16,554), the Republic of Korea (8,536), Qatar (4,350), Japan (3,047), Macau (1,631) and other countries (7,032 in total).
The RoK is a promising labour market for Vietnamese workers due to its relatively high salary, ranging between US$800 and US$1,000. However, the number of jobs is limited.
An official from the department said Vietnam is one of 15 labour markets which receive high appreciation from RoK employers. Vietnamese labourers are skilful and there rarely break labour contracts. As Vietnam is engaged in the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme under the memorandum of understanding signed with the RoK, it has the highest number of workers in the RoK as compared with other countries.
At the moment, the centre for overseas labour, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is the only centre authorised to recruit workers for the RoK. (CPV)
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