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Over 23,000 workers sent abroad in Q1
  • | VOV | April 16, 2014 02:36 PM
Vietnam sent 23,277 guest workers abroad, including 9,044 females, in the first quarter of the year, according to the Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB).

In March alone, 9,346 were recruited to work abroad. Taiwan was Vietnam’s labour export market, receiving 5,268 workers, followed by Japan (1,156), Malaysia (442), Saudi Arabia (336), Libya (295), the United Arab Emirates (245), Macao (175), Singapore (82) and Belarus (80).

Particularly, an additional 465 Vietnamese workers were employed by Republic of Korean businesses.

As of the end of March, a total of 4,472 workers had returned to the RoK to work. They all had prior experience working in the RoK and returned home on schedule after their work contract expired.

In the reviewed period, the Government decided to extend the imposition of stiffer fines ranging from VND80-100 million on those who fail to return home on schedule as from March 10, instead of January 10 as previously announced.

The move is expected to reduce the number of Vietnamese workers illegally terminating contract and residing in Taiwan and the RoK.

The number of workers who voluntarily returned home from the RoK was 3,000 as of March 3, accounting for 15% of those whose work contracts expired.

More than 2,000 illegal Vietnamese workers in Taiwan have initiated procedures to come back home.

This year, around 3,594 workers are scheduled to return from the RoK and the DOLAB is continuing to implement a wide range of programmes aimed at encouraging them to return home on schedule.

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