Vietnamese workers check job offers (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – About 650,000Vietnamese are working in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide,according to statistics of the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministryof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
In 2019, the country sent a total of152,530 labourers abroad, surpassing the year’s plan by 27.1 percent. Japan wasthe biggest recipient with 82,703 labourers, followed by Taiwan (China) 54,480,the Republic of Korea (RoK) 7,215, Romania 3,478, and Saudi Arabia 1,375, amongothers.
2019 was the fourth consecutive year thatVietnam sent more than 120,000 workers abroad a year, said Director of OverseasLabour Department Tong Hai Nam.
To date, as many as 421 businesses havegained licences in providing overseas employment services.
Nam added that some traditional markets stillhave high demand for workers, including Japan, Taiwan and the RoK, along withthose in Europe like Russia, Romania, Germany, Poland, Latvia and Austria.
As of the end of 2019, more than 1,000Vietnamese nurses went to study and work in Germany. The Skilled Workers’Immigration Act of Germany, which will take effect this March, allows localfirms to receive non-EU workers in the fields of construction, electricity,mechanics, agriculture, health care and nursing.
This year, the MoLISA expects to sign acooperation deal with Germany’s employment agency on the reception ofVietnamese skilled workers in spheres that the country has high demand for.
Vietnam sets a target to send 130,000guests workers in the year to markets promising high and stable income, said MoLISAMinister Dao Ngoc Dung.
He has ordered the Overseas LabourDepartment to keep a close watch on situations in the Middle East and askedfirms to take protective measures for labourers when needed./.
In 2019, the country sent a total of152,530 labourers abroad, surpassing the year’s plan by 27.1 percent. Japan wasthe biggest recipient with 82,703 labourers, followed by Taiwan (China) 54,480,the Republic of Korea (RoK) 7,215, Romania 3,478, and Saudi Arabia 1,375, amongothers.
2019 was the fourth consecutive year thatVietnam sent more than 120,000 workers abroad a year, said Director of OverseasLabour Department Tong Hai Nam.
To date, as many as 421 businesses havegained licences in providing overseas employment services.
Nam added that some traditional markets stillhave high demand for workers, including Japan, Taiwan and the RoK, along withthose in Europe like Russia, Romania, Germany, Poland, Latvia and Austria.
As of the end of 2019, more than 1,000Vietnamese nurses went to study and work in Germany. The Skilled Workers’Immigration Act of Germany, which will take effect this March, allows localfirms to receive non-EU workers in the fields of construction, electricity,mechanics, agriculture, health care and nursing.
This year, the MoLISA expects to sign acooperation deal with Germany’s employment agency on the reception ofVietnamese skilled workers in spheres that the country has high demand for.
Vietnam sets a target to send 130,000guests workers in the year to markets promising high and stable income, said MoLISAMinister Dao Ngoc Dung.
He has ordered the Overseas LabourDepartment to keep a close watch on situations in the Middle East and askedfirms to take protective measures for labourers when needed./.
VNA
