Vietnam sent 97,234 workers abroad in the first eight months of 2023, equivalent to over 88% of the year’s target, reported the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha urged authorities to establish national job, and real estate and land use right exchanges, at a meeting with representatives from concerned ministries and agencies in Hanoi on August 21.
The 13th Vietnam Student Sports Festival in the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held in Ansan city on August 19-20.
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Labourers and Youth Support Centre said on August 13 that it will organise a mass wedding for 150 couples in order to help less well-off workers enjoy a proper ceremony.
There are few skilled Vietnamese guest workers in Europe in recent years, according to deputy head of the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Gia Liem.
Most of the current income of workers does not meet their expenditure, and in some cases, it only meets 45% of demand, according to a survey by the Institute of Workers and Trade Unions under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.
VOV.VN - Japan recruited more than 41,000 Vietnamese workers during the past seven months, making up the largest recipient of Vietnamese guestworkers in the reviewed period, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Ho Chi Minh City Vocational Education Association has said a kitchen training programme provided by DSS Education & Immigration and Australian MD College will help Vietnamese trainees and workers improve their skills, thus getting opportunities to study and work in Australia.
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan has proposed Japan’s Wakayama prefecture pay more attention to vocational training and welfare of Vietnamese guest workers living there.
VOV.VN - The Czech Republic wants to attract foreign workers, including those from Vietnam and the Philippines, to address its labour shortages, said Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Marian Jurecka.