These figures also show that the policy of sending workers to work abroad not only creates jobs for people but also contributes to the goal of promoting socio-economic development...
Vietnamese workers complete immigration procedures at Incheon airport, South Korea. Illustrative photo
Impressive numbers
Thien Loc, a purely agricultural commune of Can Loc district (Ha Tinh) has a population of more than 7,500 people. Currently, 1,367 of the commune's children are working abroad, mainly in markets such as Germany, France, Czech Republic, Korea, and Japan.
In addition to Thien Loc commune, many localities in Ha Tinh also have a large number of people working abroad. In the past 10 years, Ha Tinh has had 80,557 workers working abroad under contracts, an average of over 7,500 people/year. In 2023 alone, Ha Tinh has had more than 12,000 people working in other countries and territories, mainly in traditional labor markets such as Taiwan (China), Japan, and South Korea.
According to the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ha Tinh province, on average, each year, the amount of money that overseas workers are paid according to their contracts is from 6,800 to 7,000 billion VND. Of which, the amount of foreign currency sent back to the country is over 4,000 billion VND, making an important contribution to promoting economic development, establishing enterprises and cooperatives, supporting investment in poverty reduction programs, building new rural areas and implementing social security policies in the province.
In the coming time, Ha Tinh strives to send about 8,000 workers to work abroad each year. In addition to traditional markets, it will expand its market to countries such as Germany, Russia, Australia, Israel and some other European countries.
In Thai Binh province, the sending of local workers to work abroad has been promoted in recent years, showing clear socio-economic effects. Every year, foreign currency sent to the province through the commercial banking system is about 83 million USD, equivalent to 1,992 billion VND. The majority of workers returning from working abroad have good working skills, good foreign languages, good sense of labor discipline, good industrial style, especially workers returning from the Japanese and Korean markets are accepted to work by domestic business owners.
Recently, Thai Binh has piloted sending workers to work seasonally in Korea according to Resolution No. 59/NQ-CP of the Government and Official Letter No. 2188/LĐTBXH-QLLĐNN of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Three districts including Quynh Phu, Vu Thu, Kien Xuong of this province have sent 105 workers to work seasonally in Korea. Some exemplary workers according to the prescribed standards have continued to sign labor contracts with Korean business owners. This shows that the image and quality of Vietnamese workers in general and Thai Binh workers in particular are gradually improving, creating trust for foreign business owners.
Not only Ha Tinh and Thai Binh provinces. Sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad for many years has been the right policy of the Party and the State. In particular, priority is given to sending workers to work in some potential markets in safe, suitable and high-income occupations for workers; priority is given to sending workers in disadvantaged areas and social policy beneficiaries to work in these markets. At the same time, it is necessary to stabilize and maintain existing markets, develop and expand high-income markets that are suitable to the qualifications and skills of Vietnamese workers.
In 2023 alone, Vietnam sent more than 159,000 workers to work abroad under contracts, exceeding the annual plan by 33.3%. This is the highest number of workers working abroad in more than 10 years. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has also promoted sending workers to work abroad under non-profit programs and spread information to many people and workers, including the poor in especially difficult communes. At the same time, it has promoted negotiations to expand occupations and labor markets with partners from Korea, Germany, and Australia to expand the market for the coming years...
In 2024, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs aims to send 125,000 workers to work abroad under contracts, focusing on key, traditional markets such as Japan, Taiwan (China) and South Korea. Notably, the continued increase in demand for foreign human resources in South Korea, Japan and Germany are favorable factors, creating the premise for implementing programs this year and the following years.
As shared by Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung at the recent National Assembly session: According to the spirit of the Law on sending Vietnamese workers abroad, on average, there are about 120,000 to 143,000 Vietnamese people working abroad each year. This overseas labor force brings an average of 3.5 - 4 billion USD in benefits to the country each year.
Strengthening labor management
According to the Department of Overseas Labor Management (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs), through the data reported by enterprises, the total number of Vietnamese workers working abroad in March 2024 was 12,738 workers. In the first quarter of 2024, there were 35,933 workers working abroad under contracts. Of which, Japan and Taiwan (China) continue to be the main markets receiving Vietnamese workers. In addition to the two major markets mentioned above, Vietnamese workers also go to work in Korea, China, Singapore, Romania, Thailand, Macao (China), Saudi Arabia, Hungary and other markets...
Although the results have been positive, there are many problems with Vietnamese workers working abroad, including contract violations (absconding) and illegal residence in countries and territories such as South Korea, Taiwan (China), and Japan. The purpose of absconding and illegal residence is to stay abroad to work longer and earn higher incomes than working under contract.
Faced with that situation, in 2023, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs had to issue a notice to temporarily suspend the recruitment of workers to work in Korea under the Employment Permit Program for Foreign Workers (EPS) phase 1 in 2023 for 8 districts, towns and cities of 4 provinces, because it still could not reduce the rate of workers whose contracts expired and did not return home.
In Romania, where nearly 11,000 Vietnamese workers are working, with stable incomes and considered a key, potential market, with open visa procedures, there is a need to receive many foreign workers. However, recently, there has been a situation where workers have broken their contracts to work outside or listened to bad people who lure and entice them to illegally migrate to other countries..., negatively affecting the image of Vietnamese workers working here. In early 2024, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued a dispatch requesting businesses to seriously rectify this situation.
One of the requirements for businesses sending Vietnamese workers to Romania is to provide orientation and education to workers about the risks of breaking their contracts to work abroad and the responsibility to comply with the laws of the host country. In particular, businesses must review the list of workers who have run away by hometown to identify localities with many workers who have broken their contracts and fled to third countries in order to have appropriate recruitment plans for the next recruitment rounds.
In particular, the Government has recently issued a Plan to implement Directive No. 20-CT/TW of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad in the new situation. This Plan not only builds a strategy for sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad, but also focuses on solutions to raise workers' awareness of law compliance in order to prevent and limit the situation of workers going to work abroad violating the law and residing illegally; and strengthen the mechanism for timely and effective coordination of information on issues arising from workers going to work abroad.
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