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Nearly 116,700 workers sent abroad in 10 months

Nearly 116,700 Vietnamese workers sent abroad in 10 months

Vietnam sent 116,675 workers, including 41,636 females, to foreign countries and territories in the first 10 months of this year, exceeding the yearly plan by 6.07 percent.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam sent 116,675 workers, including 41,636females, to foreign countries and territories in the first 10 months of this year, exceedingthe yearly plan by 6.07 percent.

According to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs, 14,548 labourers, including 4,978 women, were sentto work abroad in October.

Japan received the largest number of Vietnamese guest workers during the month,with 8,078 people; followed by Taiwan (China), with 5,373; the Republic of Korea, 522;Saudi Arabia, 120; and Algeria, 102.

Last year, over 134,700 workers, including 53,340 females, went to work abroad.The figure exceeded the annual plan set for 2017 by 28.3 percent. This is alsothe fourth consecutive year that the number of workers sent overseas hassurpassed the 100,000 benchmark.

Taiwan topped the list of countriesand territories hiring Vietnamese guest workers with 67,000 people in 2017,nearly half of the total number. By the end of 2017, the number of Vietnameseworkers working in Taiwan stood at 206,184, with 87 percent employed inindustrial manufacturing and 13 percent in social services.

Japan came second with 54,504 workersfrom Vietnam in 2017, up 36.47 percent from 2016, bringing the total number ofVietnamese labourers in Japan to over 100,000, the highest among 15 countriessending workers to Japan.

This year, Japan is the mostattractive market as it allows Vietnamese labourers to return to work for asecond time in many sectors. Higher wages were also offered while Vietnameseare permitted to extend their working time to five years.

Currently, a personnel project is training about 1,000 highly competent workersfor the German market. After training, they will spend three years working inthe European country before coming back to serve their home country.    

As planned, by the end of Novemberthis year, Vietnam will sign a cooperation programme with Bulgaria and Rumaniaon training highly skilled human resources.

Vietnam is focusing on high-skilledworkers and high-tech sectors, and the workforce will return to makecontributions to the country’s development.-VNA
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