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Vietnam continues to send workers to RoK

Labour officials of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) plan to continue the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme, which sends Vietnamese workers to RoK.
Labour officials of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) plan tocontinue the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme, which sendsVietnamese workers to RoK.

The plan was announced after afruitful meeting between the Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs (MOLISA) and the RoK Ministry of Employment and Labour(MOEL) earlier this month.

"There are better understandingsbetween the ministries in regards to the programme. We hope to send10,000 workers to RoK by the end of the year," said MOLISA Minister PhamThi Hai Chuyen.

A Memorandum of Understanding on the EPSprogramme signed by the two ministries last December will expire nextmonth. The ministries have scheduled a meeting in December at which theywill review conditions for continuing the EPS programme and discussmeasures to prevent illegal Vietnamese workers from overstaying theirvisas.

The ministries aim to work together to reduce the number of illegal Vietnamese workers in RoK.

Vietnameseworkers who overstay their visas will face a fine of 4,700 USD. Workerswho go to RoK will have to put down this amount as a security deposit.

The MOLISA has set up a representative office in RoK to motivate workers to return at the end of their contracts.

TheGovernment also ordered the MOLISA to cooperate with local authoritiesto talk with workers and their families about their duty to return aftertheir visas expire.

During the meeting, MOEL promised to help byissuing warnings and fines to Korean companies found employing illegalVietnamese workers. MOEL will also support Vietnamese workers withvocational training programmes and language lessons in Korean beforethey return to their home country, helping Vietnamese workers securejobs in the approximately 3,200 RoK factories and companies in Vietnam.

Inaddition, Vietnamese workers will be able to obtain work visas multipletimes if their skills are needed by RoK companies and their visarecords are clean.

Vietnamese workers in RoK send homeapproximately 700 million USD, one-third of the total amount sent homeevery year by Vietnamese workers around the world, according to theDepartment of Overseas Labour.-VNA
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