According to statistics of the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the figure represents a 240.6 percent on-year rise.
As many as 103,026 Vietnamese were sent to work abroad in the first nine months of this year
Japan has remained the largest recipient of Vietnamese workers with 51,859 people, followed by Taiwan with 44,584; South Korea with 1,668 and Singapore with 1,498.
Vietnamese workers sent to work in Japan have accounted for over half of the total number of Vietnamese contracted to work abroad. Japan also offers Vietnamese workers some of the highest incomes.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said that the Vietnamese labour market has gradually recovered after the Covid-19 pandemic. The country has signed contracts to send workers to several European countries such as Germany, Romania, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
Next year, Vietnam plans for 110,000 workers to be contracted to work in foreign markets.