Nearly 100 Vietnamese guest workers enter RoK under EPS scheme (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Nearly100 Vietnamese workers arrived in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the EmploymentPermit System (EPS) of the country on a flight to Incheon International Airporton March 17.
This is the largest group of EPS workers to the RoKsince the country resumed its reception of those people in May lastyear after a temporary hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The RoK is currently one of the key labour export markets of Vietnam. It isexpected that the number of Vietnamese workers under the scheme to the RoKwill continue to increase after the Northest Asian country begins applying a new entryregulation from April 1.
After the RoK government lifted the restriction on the weekly and daily numberof people entering the country in order to adapt to its "safe living withCOVID-19" plan, labourers from all countries are allowed to enter theRoK if they were vaccinated against COVID-19 and tested negative for Coronavirusby PCR method within 48 hours before their departure.
Workers entering the RoK are paid by their employers for the entire cost of quarantinein accordance with three levels of support./.
