The Vietnam-Japan partnership has grown steadily, especially in labour cooperation, which has created great chances for Vietnamese labourers to seek jobs or study opportunities in Japan.
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Nuno Cunha, ILO senior specialist on social security, has stressed the need for Vietnam to increase retirement age in an interview granted to Vietnam media regarding a recent proposal to increase the retirement age of Vietnamese labourers.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) is implementing the New Look South policy, in which Vietnam is a key partner, and it wants to further intensify relations with the Southeast Asian nation, said RoK Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha.
Hundreds of electronics manufacturers in Vietnam are having difficulty recruiting labourers, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).
Malaysia will consider receiving more skilled Vietnamese labourers and create favourable legal procedures for workers from the country, said Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Anifah Aman.
The UN Women and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam are calling on labourers to participate in an online survey to assess the effects of the revision of the Labour Code on labourers.
Vietnam and Saudi Arabia have agreed to establish a channel to receive information and settle disputes between Vietnamese labourers and employers in the Middle Eastern country.
Hundreds of Vietnamese guest workers across the Republic of Korea (RoK) gathered at a foreign worker festival in Ansan city, Gyeonggi province, about 40km from Seoul, on September 3.
Vietnamese labourers in the Republic of Korea (RoK) were advised to return home when their labour contracts expire at a workshop in Incheon on July 16.
The trade unions of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and the Lao province of Attapeu have signed a cooperation agreement for the 2017 – 2020 period.
More than 3,000 Vietnamese labourers, who failed to meet Lao legal regulations on foreign workers, have returned home through the Lao Bao and La Lay international border gates in Quang Tri province.
The signing of the regular Memorandum of Understanding to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers to work in the Republic of Korea will help step up the two countries’ ties.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Employment and Labour (MoEL) said on May 15 that it would re-sign the normal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers
The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has contacted First Cardea concerning a letter sent to the embassy on March 15 requesting support from a Vietnamese guest worker.
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