VOV.VN - Remittances sent by Vietnamese nationals abroad hit approximately US$16 billion last year, representing a year-on-year rise of 32%, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Enterprises in Hanoi need to recruit from 100,000-120,000 workers in the first quarter of 2024.

Improving qualifications of guest workers and developing foreign labour markets that suit Vietnamese labourers' standards and skills have been considered as key tasks in 2024 in order to stepping up the sending of labourers to work abroad.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese expatriates tend to send home remittances due to global geopolitical insecurities, with the amount expected to rise sharply in the coming days ahead of the lunar New Year festival.

The monthly average income of Vietnamese labourers in 2023 reached VND7.1 million (over US$291) per person, up 6.9% compared to 2022, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Enhancing the quality of the workforce, promoting regional linkages, and developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation are keys to Vietnam's focus on improving labour productivity in the coming decades, according to the recently approved National Programme on Labour Productivity Enhancement by 2030.

VOV.VN - The quality of the Vietnamese labour market has failed to drastically improve with a large portion of informal workers, although the employed population has increased, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

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.