Vietnam has sent a total of 43,584 workers to work abroad in the first 10 months of this year, reaching only 48.42% of this year’s target, according to a report from the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
A total of 766 workers were sent abroad in October alone, which was equivalent to just 17.16% of last October's figure, the report said.
According to the department, Vietnam had planned to send 90,000 workers overseas in 2021 including 19,388 to Taiwan, 19,193 to Japan, 1,658 to China, and 748 to South Korea but the target had been affected by the restrictions applied by some key labour exporting markets due to Covid-19.
Last year, the number of Vietnamese workers going abroad to work was only 78,641, equivalent to only 60.5 per cent of the government's plan.
Some markets including Japan, Taiwan and South Korea have recently announced to reopen to foreign workers from November 2021, which is a positive sign for Vietnamese working abroad.
Source: dtinews.vn