Vietnam labour exports beat annual target
VOV.VN - Vietnam sent as many as 103,026 workers overseas under labour contracts over the past three quarters, meeting 114.47% of the target set for the year and representing a 2.4-fold increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.
The Ministry had previously set a target of sending approximately 90,000 guest workers abroad this year.
Japan tops the list of markets which have received Vietnamese guest workers over the reviewed period at 51,859, followed by Taiwan (China), the Republic of Korea, and Singapore.
During a recent meeting held by the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung reported that sending Vietnamese citizens abroad to work has gradually recovered this year, with a specific focus on Japan, the RoK, and Taiwan (China).
Currently, there are more than 600,000 Vietnamese nationals working abroad under termed contracts in 40 countries and territories worldwide, all of whom have steady incomes and remit home roughly US$3.5 billion annually.
Experts say most countries globally have now moved to adjust COVID-19 measures by easing travel restrictions and reopening up to foreign visitors and workers in order to reboot their post-pandemic economies. These new policies have therefore benefitted labour export markets, including Vietnam.
Along with traditional guest worker recipients in Asia such as Japan, the RoK, and Taiwan (China), Vietnam has signed labour co-operation agreements with a number of European countries, including Germany, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria, to send workers to these markets.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs notes that sending Vietnamese citizens abroad will become more selective moving forward and will gradually balance the domestic and foreign labour forces to help guest workers enjoy the most benefits possible.
The Ministry will also focus on training in order to send skilled workers abroad to acquire experience and knowhow and serve the country in a useful way upon their return.