Over 72,000 Vietnamese labourers sent to work abroad in H1
VOV.VN - As many as 72,294 Vietnamese labourers went to work abroad during the first six months of the year, meeting 65.72% of the annual target, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
The figure shows a 1.55-fold increase compared to the same period last year when 46,578 were sent abroad to work under seasonal contracts.
Japan received the largest number of Vietnamese guest workers in the first half of the year with 34,508 workers, followed by Taiwan (China) with 31,538 workers.
The third and fourth positions went to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China with 1,608 and 902 workers, respectively.
Elsewhere, Vietnam sent 727, 712, and 469 workers to Singapore, Hungary, and Romania, respectively, throughout the reviewed period.
June alone saw 12,649 Vietnamese workers head abroad, mostly to Japan and Taiwan (China).
Vietnam and the RoK on June 23 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding sending and receiving Vietnamese workers to work in the RoK under the Employment Permit System (EPS) Program.
The MoU will be valid for two years from the signing date and will remain in effect during the negotiation of a new extension period.
Labour co-operation between Vietnam and the RoK officially started in 1993 through a collaboration programme focusing on labour supply. Since then, the RoK has become one of Vietnam’s key markets, attracting plenty of Vietnamese workers who come to work in the Northeast Asian country.
As of June 1, as many as 48,950 Vietnamese guest workers have been working in the RoK market with an average income ranging between from US$1,500 to US$2,000 per month.
Currently, there are over 33,500 Vietnamese guest workers working in the RoK under the EPS Program. The scheme offers many high-income jobs to Vietnamese workers.
