Thursday, 06/07/2023 16:13 (GMT+7)
According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, 72,294 Vietnamese labourers went to work abroad during the first six months of the year, meeting 65.72% of the annual target.
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Vietnamese workers carry out procedures to work in Republic of Korea
(Source: VNA) |
The figure shows a 1.55-fold increase compared to the same period last year when 46,578 were sent abroad to work under seasonal contracts, reported VOV.
Japan received the largest number of Vietnamese guest workers in the first half of the year with 34,508 workers, followed by Taiwan (China) with 31,538 workers.
The third and fourth positions went to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China with 1,608 and 902 workers, respectively.
Elsewhere, Vietnam sent 727, 712, and 469 workers to Singapore, Hungary, and Romania, respectively, throughout the reviewed period.
June alone saw 12,649 Vietnamese workers head abroad, mostly to Japan and Taiwan (China)./.
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