The target of sending 90,000 guest workers abroad in 2015 has been fulfilled, according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department of Overseas Labour.
In total, 90,558 Vietnamese workers (of which 28,884 were women) left to work abroad from January to September this year, marking an increase of 108.62% over the same period last year.
In only September, the statistics from enterprises showed that the total number of workers sent abroad was 10,780, of which 4,245 were women.
Chinese Taipei continued to be the largest market for Vietnamese labourers in September (5,805 workers), followed by Japan (2,464 workers), Malaysia (920 workers), Saudi Arabia (798 workers), the Republic of Korea (472 workers), and Macao (China) (30 workers).
In September, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding about the selection and employment of Vietnamese workers in the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.
Germany currently has a high demand for workers to care for the elderly. Vietnam and Germany have had initially strong co-operation in the field, with the target of sending 500-700 Vietnamese orderlies to Germany.
By: Ministry of Labour-Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam