Vietnam officially send workers to Thailand

The Thai government has approved the Ministry of Labor’s (MOL)’s proposal for recruiting workers from ASEAN member countries.

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Thailand will allow Vietnamese workers entering the country under travel visa prior to February 10, 2015 to register and complete procedures to work legally in Thailand within one year.

Visa fees applied for Vietnamese workers will decrease from 2,000 THB (57 USD) to 500 THB, equal to those applied for workers from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.

Figures from the Association of Southeas Asian Nations (ASEAN) co-member state showed that between 50,000 and 100,000 Vietnamese, most of them from Viet Nam's impoverished central region, are already working in Thailand illegally.

Thailand's government in February issued a labor instruction for Vietnamese, encouraging those working illegally in construction, fishery and household services to register with the authorities to receive a one-year work permit.