Vietnam sent 130,640 workers abroad, including 41.039 females, in the first 10 months of this year, surpassing the yearly target by 4%, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 31 hailed labour partnership between Vietnam and Qatar as a traditional area of cooperation that leaders of the two countries have paid much attention to and the two sides can supplement each other.

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).

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs has announced plans to continue inspecting companies that provide overseas labour services in the final months of 2024.

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

The Australian Government will permit up to 1,000 Vietnamese workers to be employed in its agricultural sector at any given time, as part of the labour mobility programme between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a seminar on August 21 to explore measures driving cooperation in workforce recruitment and vocational training amid labour shortages there, with a particular focus on Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state.

Vietnamese workers have earned high praise from Republic of Korea (ROK) employers under the Employment Permit System (EPS), according to officials.

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI) on August 2 announced the recruitment of 50 Vietnamese workers for small and medium-sized partners through GAET, a public enterprise under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan met with Kubo Yoshitomo, Deputy Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam, on August 1 to accelerate a project connecting Vietnamese workers with overseas job opportunities.