Guest worker candidates attend a language training course before sent abroad. (Photo: VNA) Tra Vinh(VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh aims to send at least 200 workersabroad per year between 2017 and 2020.
The goal wasoutlined during a meeting on May 16 to review labour export over the past threeyears in the province.
According to DeputyDirector of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social AffairsDuong Quang Ngoc, to achieve the target, the province’s People’s Committee hasoffered loans to local labourers from difficult backgrounds so they can afford toreceive training to work abroad.
The Department ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to work with local authorities andagencies to provide local residents more information on working abroad, whichmay lift them out of poverty, Ngoc said.
The efforts areexpected to help the province develop more disciplined and skilled humanresources, he added.
The department willcontinue to invite guest worker service providers to its career fairs andprovide visitors with information on foreign labour markets. It will also opentraining courses for local workers.
The departmentestimated that the province sent 647 guest workers abroad, mostly to Japan,from 2014-2016, including 304 female workers and 128 people from ethnicminorities.-VNA
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