Language training course held for guest workers (Photo: VNA)Quang Nam (VNA) – The central province of Quang Nam aims to send atleast 400 labourers to foreign countries this year, targeting high-incomemarkets like the Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), and those withsuitable requirements such as Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
According to Le Huy Tu, head of the labour-employment section under theprovincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the province’s labourexport has enjoyed inauspicious achievements in recent years.
Some 1,215 guest workers were sent abroad during 2011-2015, averaging 243 peryear, he said, adding that the number of workers sent abroad through localemployment service centres and labour export companies reached 541 people in2016.
Overseas workers send home over 120 billion VND (5.3 million USD) every year,he said.
Labour export is touted as an effective measure to tackle jobs and generatestable incomes for people in rural and mountainous areas. Communicationactivities on guest worker programmes have been promoted to increase publicawareness of the available chances.
LeThi Dung, deputy director of the High Technician Development Company in SouthVietnam (HITECO), stressed that localities need to work closely with prestigiouslabour export companies to reduce violations of labour contracts.
In the coming time, the province will work to provide more information onlabour export for local labourers while creating conditions for them to jointraining courses to enhance professional skills, meeting demands of employers.-VNA
VNA
