Vietnam-UAE Business Dialogue Forum on Human Resources Development

On the afternoon of October 28, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Department of Overseas Labor Management, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs directed the Vietnam Labor Management Board in the UAE to coordinate with relevant agencies and units of the host country to organize a dialogue forum between businesses of the two countries on labor cooperation.

Previously, within the framework of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh 's working trip to the Middle East, the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam met and worked with the Minister of Human Resources of the United Arab Emirates UAE.

The business dialogue forum on labor cooperation has the participation of large corporations and enterprises of the UAE as well as Vietnamese labor dispatching enterprises that have been operating for many years in the Middle East market.

Delegates attending the Vietnam-UAE Labor Cooperation Dialogue Forum (Photo: TL).

At the forum, businesses from both sides discussed and agreed on specific issues regarding needs, types of labor to be received, requirements for workers (in terms of foreign language proficiency, skills and experience, etc.), working conditions, income and welfare, labor management during working time in the UAE, labor supply capacity of Vietnamese businesses as well as other issues of mutual concern.

Attending and encouraging businesses from both sides, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung expressed his joy and appreciation for the cooperation and connection efforts of businesses from both countries in recent times, and the organization of the Forum is very meaningful with high openness, on the sidelines of high-level meetings between leaders of Vietnam and the UAE.

Informing about the general cooperation situation between the two countries, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung emphasized the important role of the UAE as one of Vietnam's important economic partners in the Middle East market with a strongly developing economy in many diverse and pioneering fields in the world with high openness associated with digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, sharing economy, and artificial intelligence.

Vietnam-UAE Labor Cooperation Dialogue Forum (Photo: TL).

“This is a potential market where workers in general, and Vietnamese workers in particular, can seize the opportunity to work, study, acquire highly specialized skills and knowledge to improve and develop themselves, and have a high income in the future,” said the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

In that spirit, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung emphasized that the state management agencies of the two sides are always ready to accompany businesses, create the most favorable conditions possible for businesses of both sides to connect, cooperate and develop, minimize administrative procedures related to sending and receiving workers, in accordance with the actual situation and conditions of each side, contributing to the overall success of the economic cooperation relationship between the two countries.

Previously, in a bilateral meeting with UAE Minister of Human Resources Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al-Awar, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung presented an overview of the UAE's great demand for labor, while Vietnam has abundant human resources with many potentials and outstanding advantages. However, in recent times, the number of Vietnamese workers working in the UAE has not yet met the needs and potentials of both sides.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the UAE said that there are currently about 4,500 Vietnamese workers living and working in the UAE, mainly in construction, mechanics, restaurant and hotel services, beauty care... Of which, the number of people going through businesses providing services to send workers to work abroad is about 3,000.

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/dien-dan-doi-thoai-doanh-nghiep-viet-nam-uae-ve-phat-trien-nguon-nhan-luc-206673.html