RoK receives more Vietnamese migrant workers under EPS Program

Signatories to the MoU were Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and RoK Minister of Employment and Labour Lee Jung-sik.

The new MoU is similar to previously signed MoUs, with provisions highlighting the responsibility of relevant units of both countries in implementing the EPS Program.

The MoU will be valid for two years from the signing date and will remain in effect during the negotiation of new extension.

Labour co-operation between Vietnam and the RoK officially started in 1993 through a collaboration programme focusing on labour supply. The RoK has become one of the key markets, attracting plenty Vietnamese migrant workers who come to work in the Northeast Asian country.

As of June 1, as many as 48,950 Vietnamese guest workers have been working in the RoK market with an average income ranging between US$1,500 and US$2,000 per month.

Vietnam sent more than 5,423 workers to the RoK in the first half of the year, and it aims to dispatch 10,000 migrant workers to the market under the EPS Program this year.

Currently, there are over 33,500 Vietnamese guest workers working in the RoK under the EPS Program.