Labour export brings in nearly USD2 billion annually. (Photo: VNA)
Over the past years, there are 4 potential markets, including China’s Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Europe, with the most notable growth in the Japanese markets with a year-on-year increase of 20%, according to Ms Tran Thi Van Ha, Head of Information and Communications Bureau under the Overseas Laborer Management Department.
She added that some 17,400 Vietnamese laborers went to work in Japan in just the 5 first months of this year, accounting for over 35% of the total number of exported laborers. They gain rather high salary at some USD800-2,000, which helps them lead better lives after returning home.
Tran Anh Tuan, Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh city Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (FALMI), said that labor export is a large strategy of the nation, adding that there is increasingly high demand of human resources for export. “Statistics from labour export businesses showed that in 2018-2020, the city needs 16,000-20,000 for export per year,” he said. “In fact, the figure is much higher.”
On the other hand, many universities, colleges and vocational training facilities have worked with labour export businesses to find work for graduates by sending them to work abroad.
Talking about the benefit of labour export, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thien, Rector of the Van Hien University, said labor export not only brings foreign currency home, but also advances training opportunities and industrial working style.
He stressed the need to continuously increase the quality of human resources who can adapt to the high technologies and cultures of foreign markets.
Schools and businesses have worked closely with each other as an effective solution to the training./.