Nearly 72,300 labourers sent abroad in H1

Nearly 72,300 Vietnamese labourers sent abroad in H1. (Photo:VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam sent nearly 72,300 labourers abroad in the first half of 2023,accounting for 65.72% of the whole year plan, and 1.55 times higher than thesame period last year.

According tothe Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs, Japan was the largest market receiving 34,508 Vietnamese labourers in theperiod, followed by Taiwan (China) with 31,538, the Republicof Korea (1,608), and China (902).

In June alone, as many as 12,649 labourers were sent abroad, mostly to Japanand Taiwan.

The same month, Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs DaoNgoc Dung and the RoK’s Minister of Employment and Labour Lee Jung Sik signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) on sending and receiving Vietnamese labourersto work in the RoK within the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.

For Vietnamese guestworkers, the RoK is a high-income and close-to-culture market, so it attractsmany workers from the Southeast Asian nation. The average income of workersin the RoK ranges from 1,500 - 2,000 USD per month. The EPS programme bringsmany high-income jobs to Vietnamese workers as well as contributes to the RoK’sdevelopment.

For 2023, the country set a target to send 110,000 workers abroad./.

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