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 the resilience and self-reliance of the national economy, laying a groundwork to build an independent and self-reliant economy integrated extensively and effectively into the world, holds particular significance for Vietnam in the new context, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

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.

VOV.VN - Many workers facing difficult circumstances have been given the chance to re-unite with their families during the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, thanks to free flights operated by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate a free flight carrying disadvantaged workers from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi on January 29 as part of efforts to re-unite them with their families on the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, will tighten the management of foreign workers in the city to close loopholes in the field.

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 - Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Rosen Dimitrov Jeliazkov has emphasized that in the coming time, the two sides will supplement the legal basis on labour between the two countries to create a basis for Bulgaria to welcome Vietnamese workers.

The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced on January 4 that it has sent a document urging businesses which had dispatched workers and apprentices to the Japanese prefectures of Ishikawa (especially the Noto Peninsula), Toyama, Niigata, and Fukui to promptly take protective measures for them in earthquake-affected areas.

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).