Labor exports exceed year’s target

VGP – As many as 132,802 Vietnamese workers were sent to work abroad over the first 11 months of 2019, reaching 110.67% ofthe target set for the whole year (120,000 ones), according to the statistics of the Department of Overseas Labor (DoLAB) of Viet Nam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

December 18, 2019 5:39 PM GMT+7

Viet Nam sent 14,772 workers overseas in November, focusing on such markets as Japan (9,219 ones), Chinese Taipei (4,590 ones) and the Republic of Korea (395 ones).

This year, Japan is the most attractive market as it allows Vietnamese laborers to return to work for a second time in many sectors. Higher wages were also offered while Vietnamese are permitted to extend their working time to five years.

In July this year, Minister of MOLISA Dao Ngoc Dung and Japan’s Minister of Justice exchanged a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) on sending specific skilled workers of Viet Nam to work in Japan.

Last year, a cooperative agreement was inked between the MOLISA and the Bulgarian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

In 2018, 37 Vietnamese laborers were licensed to work in Bulgaria. Viet Nam may provide 50,000 laborers for Bulgaria in six areas including construction, garments, high-tech agriculture and nursing.

The cooperative agreement is expected to pave the way for further cooperation in labor, consisting of labor export and vocational training.

By Thuy Dung