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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 28 urged trade union organisations to revamp operation comprehensively and promote their role in guiding workers’ movements in the new situation.

Authorities are augmenting support for the Vietnamese workers victimised by a fire at a company in Taiwan on February 6.

One Vietnamese worker was killed, while another was wounded while working on a fishing vessel which caught fire off the coast the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 17.

Vietnam sent more than 140,000 workers to work abroad in 2018, up 7 percent against the previous year, according to the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The body of Nguyen Xuan Dinh, who died in an accident in a construction site in Algeria, was brought home on January 15 at the request of his family.

Vietnam has promptly worked with relevant Taiwanese agencies to handle a fishing vessel accident with some Vietnamese on board, of whom one remains unaccounted for.

A Vietnamese worker was wounded in a compressor explosion which occurred in a factory in Kaohsiung city of Taiwan (China) on December 2, according to the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is proposing Thailand offer more sectors and services to receive Vietnamese workers.

Vietnam’s representative agencies in the Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Malaysia have been working to provide protection services for Vietnamese nationals in the countries.

A fire has broken out at the second floor of a house in Gwangju city, the Republic of Korea, killing one Vietnamese man, the Yonhap news agency reported on September 5.

A critical solution to promote businesses’ competitiveness is to improve labour productivity which is still a weakness of Vietnamese enterprises, an official of the Ministry of Finance said.

Vietnamese labourers who want to work in Taiwan have to pay higher fees than regulated by the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

The Vietnamese embassy in Japan is working with the employers of Vietnamese workers there, to ask for improved living conditions and a review of housing rent to ensure their rights.

The last 18 out of 49 Vietnamese workers in Algeria who wished to return home after a dispute with their Chinese employer flew home on November 25.

The first 13 Vietnamese workers in Algeria who wished to return home after a dispute with their Chinese employer arrived in Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport on November 17.

The first 13 out of 49 Vietnamese workers in Algeria who wished to return home after a dispute with their Chinese employer flew home on November 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has made a series of requests to protect the interests of Vietnamese citizens working abroad.

Vietnamese workers in Algeria have settled down and have returned to work in the wake of a Chinese company’s abuse of two labourers, Vietnamese Ambassador Vu The Hiep said.