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The Malaysian government will review foreign worker agreements with all countries involved in order to reduce dependency on guest workers.

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.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has offered condolences to families of Vietnamese workers who were killed in a fire at the dormitory of a company in Taoyuan city of China’s Taiwan on December 14.

Vietnamese agencies held a meeting on November 26 with Vietnamese guest workers in Gwangju city and neighbouring areas, to give them legal consultations and encourage them to return home on schedule.

Cooperation in education, trade and technology would help Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam control and protect migrant workers, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Malaysian authorities began a campaign on July 1 to nab illegal foreign workers nationwide, especially in states accommodating crowds of guest workers.

Vietnam attaches significance to green growth, safe labour migration and sustainable development, contributing to achieving economic development sustainable employment goals.

Vietnamese workers in Qatar, where diplomatic tension with Gulf countries is escalating, will be evacuated if the situation becomes complicated, said the Department of Overseas Labour.

Over 150 foreigners aged between 20-45, have been detained by the Malaysian Immigration Department for various offences including not having identification documents, possession of fake work permits.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh aims to send at least 200 workers abroad per year between 2017 and 2020.

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies has helped 109,462 labourers from families of disadvantaged conditions and beneficiary policies and in disadvantaged localities go to work abroad.

In Q1 of 2017, 22,572 Vietnamese workers were sent to work overseas.

Hundreds of job seekers, who had worked in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme, had the chance to access job opportunities in RoK firms in Vietnam at a career fair in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on April 11.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will tighten regulations to ensure only qualified enterprises are permitted to provide guest worker services.

Remittances to HCM City, which routinely accounts for the highest amount in the country, has topped 1 billion USD already this year.

Vietnamese labourers, especially skilled ones, are expected to get more opportunities to work abroad this year.

A get-together among over 400 Vietnamese guest workers in the Republic of Korea took place in Incheon on December 19.

A seminar took place in Hanoi on December 16 focusing on issues relating to safety for Vietnamese guest workers and the role of local trade unions in supporting and protecting the workers.

Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) on October 20 dismissed a request of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to permit Cambodian guest workers in Thailand to register voting.