Keyword: "Labour export"

Expanding access to high-income labour import markets brings new opportunities for Vietnamese workers who hope for a better life for them and their families in the Year of the Snake.

Vietnam is likely to send approximately 130,000 Vietnamese workers abroad in 2024, surpassing the target of 125,000 set for this year, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) of Vietnam.

Thailand has so far sent 60,769 labourers to work in 139 countries worldwide this year, achieving 60.7% of the target of 100,000, deputy government spokesman Karom Phonphonklang said on May 25.

Vietnam sent over 56,800 workers, including 21,238 females, abroad to work under labour contracts over the first seven months of 2022, equivalent to 63.2 percent of the target set for the year.

This year, the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs aims to send 90,000 labourers abroad to work under contract, while expanding the market for Vietnamese labour to Europe and Australia.

Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a halt in labour export, companies operating in this sector in Thanh Hoa province have tried many ways to seek contracts for local workers.

Foreign markets such as Japan, Germany, and Taiwan (China) have moved to welcome Vietnamese workers yet again, according to the foreign labour management department at the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnam’s labour export activities are showing signs of recovery from COVID-19.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on April 5 asked the Overseas Labour Management Department to order businesses to suspend sending workers abroad until the end of April.

Foreign visitors who were treated for COVID-19 in Thailand will be able to claim back medical expenses from the country’s hospitals, the Thai Ministry of Finance confirmed on March 19.

About 650,000 Vietnamese are working in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide, according to statistics of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnamese labourers will have more job opportunities and receive support to integrate into local society in Kanagawa prefecture of Japan under a freshly inked MoU on human resource development.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said all countries that receive Vietnamese workers must have labour agreements with Vietnam and comply with those documents.

Taiwan (China) and Japan are expected to remain the top destinations for Vietnamese workers this year with 90 percent of all overseas employees working there.

2019 is considered a promising year for labour export with a series of potential markets with good jobs and salaries are opening door for Vietnamese workers overseas.

Vietnam has sent more than 86,000 workers to work abroad in the first eight months of 2018, accounting for 78 percent of the year’s target, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 16 visited the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to inspect the compensation payments for local fishermen affected by the Formosa-related marine environmental incident and residents’ efforts to stabilise their lives.

The Philippines and Kuwait on May 11 signed an agreement to resolve recent tensions regarding labour export.

In 2017, Vietnam sent 134,751 workers abroad, exceeding the yearly plan by 28.3 percent.

Vietnam sent 134,751 workers to foreign countries in 2017, up 28.3 percent as compared to the yearly plan and 6.7 percent from 2016, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.