A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) paid a working visit to Brazil from June 29 – July 2 and attended the 26th Sao Paulo Forum themed “Regional integration to advance Latin American and Caribbean sovereignty" in Brasilia capital city of Brazil.

The number of Vietnamese guest workers working overseas under contracts exceeded 59,600 in the first five months of this year, or 54.2% of the annual plan and over 1.9 times higher than the same period last year, showing positive signals from overseas employment, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

A delegation of the Central Union of Cuban Workers (CTC), led by its Secretary General Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, had working sessions with the Vietnam National Union of Oil and Gas Workers and the Russia-Vietnam oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 1.

Ho Chi Minh City calls on Cuban businesses to invest in Vietnam's southern metropolis, particularly in the areas of Cuba’s strengths like health care, and biological product and specific remedy manufacturing, a municipal official said on June 30.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue voiced Vietnam’s firm support for Cuba’s just revolutionary cause during his reception for Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, secretary general of the Cuban Workers’ Centre in Hanoi on June 27.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) exchanged 17 cooperation documents in various areas in Hanoi on June 23 in the presence of the two countries’ presidents.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 23 in Hanoi regarding sending and receiving Vietnamese migrant workers to work in the RoK under the Employment Permit System (EPS) Program.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese workers based in Changwon city of Gyeongsangnam province in the Republic of Korea (RoK) were given updates on local laws at a meeting held on June 11.

Besides limited technological capability, Vietnamese mechanical engineering enterprises are upset about their trained workers leaving for foreign-invested companies or searching for opportunities to work abroad in labor cooperation programs.

Occupations relating to information technology, high-tech and supporting industries are employment groups with high recruitment demand, experts have said.