Labour export recovers strongly post pandemic
VOV.VN - Labour export has recovered strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 143,000 workers sent abroad to work in 2022, more than 3 times the figure recorded in 2021.
The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs reported with the COVID-19 outbreak basically controlled in Vietnam and around the world in late quarter 1, markets were gradually opened, helping labour export to gather steam again.
Statistics show by the end of 2022, Vietnam sent 142,779 workers abroad, meeting more than 158% of the assigned plan and representing an annual rise of 316.8%.
Japan remains Vietnam’s labour export market, receiving about 67,300 guest workers. It is followed by Taiwan (China) with about 58,600 employees, the Republic of Korea with nearly 10,000 employees, Singapore with 1,822 employees, and China with 910 employees.
There are a number of other markets that host a rising number of Vietnamese guest workers such as Hungary, Romania, Poland, Russia and Malaysia, according to the Department of Overseas Labour.
In 2023, the department said Vietnam has planned to send 110,000 workers to work abroad, focusing mainly on the traditional markets while gradually increasing the number of the workers to work in some European countries in new occupations with steady jobs and high incomes.
To achieve this goal, the department will step up the signing of labour cooperation documents with guest worker recipients, and at the same time promote the close collaboration between vocational institutions and service enterprises to improve the quality of labour resources to work abroad.