VOV.VN - Vietnam sent approximately 155,000 workers abroad this year, meeting 129% of the target set for the year and representing an increase of 8.55% from a year earlier, according to an initial report unveiled by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Nearly 100 domestic and foreign enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City - the southern largest economic hub of Vietnam - offered some 20,000 job vacancies at a job fair held in the city on December 17.

A Vietnam labour day was held in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Siheung city on December 10.

A delegation from the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Chungcheongnam province held talks and signed a cooperation agreement with authorities of the northern province of Bac Giang on December 5.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a memorandum of understanding on human resources cooperation in Dubai on December 1.

A consultation workshop on the draft dossier for the accession to the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970 (Convention 13) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.

The Prime Minister on November 8 issued a decision approving the national programme on labour productivity improvement by 2030.

Vietnam sent more than 132,000 labourers abroad in the first 10 months of 2023, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

VOV.VN - There are roughly 650,000 Vietnamese labourers working in 40 countries and territories around the world, according to estimated data from the Department of Overseas Labor Management under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Ho Chi Minh City Labour Federation held an event on October 22 connecting Vietnamese families with Lao and Cambodian students in the city.