The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) announced that approximately 450,000 Vietnamese labourers were sent abroad to work between 2010 and 2015.

In 2014 alone, the number of exported labourers reached 106,000, which was 22.5 percent more than the target.

Nearly 450,000 labourers sent abroad during 2010 – 2015.

During the first six months of 2015, 56,173 Vietnamese labourers, including 16,942 women, were employed overseas, a 1.7 percent increase compared with the same period last year.

Taiwan (China) is the top market for Vietnamese workers with 7,505 labourers, followed by Japan (with 2,324 workers), the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, besides Qatar.

The MOLISA has signed and implemented a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea on sending Vietnamese workers to that country under the Employment Permit System (EPS). The preparation for the signing of MoUs between Viet Nam and Thailand, and Viet Nam and Malaysia on labour cooperation is under way.

The Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) under the MOLISA supported enterprises to carry out contracts on sending labourers to Saudi Arabia and Qatar and in dispatching apprentices to Japan in the construction and shipbuilding sectors since April.

The department has also implemented training programmes on vocational skills, foreign languages and other necessary knowledge required by people who want to work as domestic workers in Taiwan.

Viet Nam and Germany have signed a letter of intent regarding Vietnamese citizens working in Germany as caregivers. This is a good opportunity to increase the number of Vietnamese workers going to that country to between 500 and 700 per year.

(Source: VNA)