The figure is said to be lower than that of the same period in 2017, which is attributed to the policies on extending the working period for foreign workers by certain countries such as Japan and Taiwan (China).
In the first five months of this year, the total number of Vietnamese labour sent abroad reached 47,247, including 17,388 female workers, meeting 42.95% of the year's target. This year, Vietnam is expected to send 110,000 workers abroad.
Taiwan (China) continued to be the largest market for overseas Vietnamese labour, receiving 24,827 workers in the first five months of this year, followed by Japan with 17,252 workers, and the Republic of Korea with 2,272 people.
The Department of Overseas Labour has also launched a pilot programme on sending nursing care interns to work in Japan. There are currently six domestic firms in the North of Vietnam that are eligible to participate in the programme.
The list of qualified enterprises for the programme will be expanded in the long term. As many as 673 Vietnamese nursing trainees have been sent to Japan.
