Half of annual labor export target met

More than 45,600 Vietnamese workers were sent abroad in the first eight months, half the annual target, the Overseas Labor Management Department has announced.

In August alone, 5,937 workers were sent overseas, 30 percent of them women, the department said.

Taiwan was the biggest market for Vietnamese labor in the first eight months, receiving 13,202 workers, followed by South Korea, Japan and the UAE.

South Korean Labor Minister Lee Young-Hee said at a conference in Seoul last week that Vietnamese workers are appreciated because they were skilful and hard-working.

Lee said there are more than 45,000 Vietnamese workers in South Korea. Vietnam tops the list of 15 countries that send workers to South Korea under the latter’s Employment Permit System.

ThanhNien

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