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Korean language test for Vietnamese guest workers to be launched online

The Centre of Overseas Labour has decided to launch an online Korean language test for Vietnamese workers to be sent to the Republic of Korea (RoK) as part of the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.
Korean language test for Vietnamese guest workers to be launched online ảnh 1Vietnamese workers complete procedures to work in the RoK (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Centre of Overseas Labour has decided to launch an onlineKorean language test for Vietnamese workers to be sent to the Republic of Korea(RoK) as part of the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.

Applicants can register online or via post fromApril 1-12, especially those who have just returned home and are in quarantinedue to the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused bySARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Exam categories cover manufacturing production,agriculture, animal husbandry, construction, fishery, and services. 

The EPS programme is being implemented torealise the Memorandum of Understanding on supplying and receiving Vietnameseworkers to the RoK between the two governments.

About 50,000 Vietnamese people are working inthe RoK./.
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