Vietnam sent more than 78,000 labourers to work abroad so far this year, with Japan receiving the largest number, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

An agricultural cooperative of Gangjin district in South Jeolla province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is hiring 20 Vietnamese workers under a five-month contract starting from April 22 to harvest onions and garlic.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung held a working session with Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Keijo Norvanto in Hanoi on May 23, during which they discussed measures to promote cooperation in vocational education and sending Vietnamese workers to Finland.

VOV.VN - Japan welcomed 29,665 Vietnamese guest workers in the first four months of this year, becoming the largest recipient of workers under labour contract from the Southeast Asian nation, according to the Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany has organised several activities to celebrate the 134th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh ((May 19, 1890 - 2024), a great leader of the Vietnamese people and the working class and an eminent soldier of the workers' movement and the international communist movement.

Vietnamese workers hold numerous opportunities in the high-tech labour market, but stronger efforts are still needed to improve their skills to meet employers’ demand.

Chairman of the Nagano prefectural council Nishizawa Masataka said on May 9 that the Japanese prefecture wants to receive more Vietnamese guest workers and apprentices in the coming time.

VOV.VN - Police operating in the southern province of Tay Ninh and the Gendarmerie of Svay Rieng province of Cambodia have busted a major gang operating transnational fraudulent appropriation of property, arresting 20 local and Chinese citizens in the process.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain caused a landslide, killing three workers and injuring four others in central Ha Tinh province on May 6.

VOV.VN - The ongoing heat wave is further gripping Vietnam on April 29-30 and is expected to decrease in intensity in the northern and central regions when a weak cold spell hits on May 1.