VOV.VN - Vietnam has sent more than 113,000 workers abroad to work under contracts over thepast nin months of the year, meeting 91% of the target set for this year, reported the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Around 100 Vietnamese labourers working at the "Hanoi" garment factory - the largest group of Vietnamese working near conflict zones in Russia's Kursk oblast, have been still working hard to ensure timely delivery of products to customers, despite the ongoing conflict in border areas between Russia and Ukraine.

Vietnam's personnel service provider GEDU International GmbH and Infineon Technologies Dresden, Germany's largest semiconductor chip company, have recently signed a letter of intent on cooperation in recruiting young Vietnamese talents for both Infineon's dual training and direct recruitment programmes.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese employees working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) are greatly appreciated by Korean employers, said Lim Seung-mook, vice president of the Human Resources Development Services of the RoK (HRDK), in a recent media interview.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on July 30 held a seminar on promoting support for Vietnamese workers in Japan to integrate into the local community, develop themselves and their careers, with the participation of representatives of relevant Japanese agencies, departments and localities.

VOV.VN - The country sent 89,874 labourers to work abroad under contracts during the first seven months of the year, reaching 71.89% of the annual target.

Vietnam and Slovenia have great potential to enhance cooperation across multiple domains such as labour, tourism, logistics, and import and export of agricultural products, former General Director of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) Ales Cantarutti has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s labour market witnessed positive signs of recovery in the first quarter of the year, reverting to pre-COVID levels, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam aims to send 125,000 labourers abroad to work under contracts in 2024, focusing on key traditional markets such as Japan, Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

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.