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Japan, RoK, Taiwan welcome back Vietnamese guest workers

Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan (China) have announced their plans to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers from November as many foreign labour markets have reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic is basically controlled.
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Hanoi (VNA) -Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan (China) have announced their plans to resume the reception of Vietnamese labourers from November as manyforeign labour markets have reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic is basically controlled.

Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper cited information from the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs as reporting that after many months of "freezing" because of the healthcrisis, Japan, the RoK, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore welcomed back foreignworkers from November 15.

Pham Quoc Huong, Deputy Directorof the Department of Overseas Labour Management, said that since November 8, Japan has relaxed entry regulations for a number of priority groups as part of the government's economic recovery policy, including Vietnamese apprentices andguest workers.

The Japanese Ministry ofJustice provided preliminary guidances on receiveing apprentices in accordance witha set roadmap. Accordingly, in November, Japan will only accept applications of apprentices who were  granted residence status from January 1 to June 30, 2020.

In December 2021 andJanuary 2022, it will respectively receive applications of apprentices who weregranted residence status from January 1 to December 31, 2000, and from January 1,2020 to December 31, 2021.

The Japanese government temporarily allows 3,500 people to enter per day. It isexpected that by the end of November, it will consider increasing the number to 5,000 peopleper day.

Regarding COVID-19 prevention conditions, the quarantine time will be shortenedto three days for workers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19with one of the three vaccines approved inJapan (Pfizer, Mordena, AstraZeneca), and have RT-PCR test results negative forthe coronavirus within 72 hours before landing.

Apart from holding RT-PCRtest results negative to COVID-19, those who have not fully received two shotsof COVID-19 vaccines, or have been vaccinated with other vaccines, are still berequired to undergo quarantine at home for 14 days after their arrival.

The RoK and Taiwan (China) have also announced that they will apply policies to receive more foreign workers in November.

Notably, the RoK will lift restrictions on the number of workers entering the country daily and weekly. Previously, the number of workers allowed to enter the Asiancountry was limited to 100 people per day and 600 people per week.

According to Doan MauDiep, President of the Vietnam Labour Export Association, Vietnam needs toactively develop policies and meet requirements to fully tap opportunities tosend more labourers to work overseas in the coming time.

Nguyen Gia Liem, Deputy Director of the Department of Overseas Labour Management, saidthe agency will continue to update new policies from the labour importmarkets, thus providing guidances for Vietnamese enterprises./.
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