She made the remark while addressing a consultation held on April 19 to discuss the cooperation programme on labour migration for 2024 - 2028.

Vietnamese guest workers wait to handle entry procedures at Incheon International Airport of the Republic of Korea.

The event was held by the Overseas Labour Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the IOM. It was also attended by officials of the departments of labour, invalids and social affairs of nine localities with large numbers of people working overseas.

Park highlighted the IOM’s collaboration with Vietnam and other related parties like non-governmental and social organisations to promote safe and orderly labour migration based on the Sustainable Development Goals in the country.

The IOM highly values the Vietnamese Government’s important commitments to protecting migrant workers’ rights and creating a favourable environment for facilitating safe labour migration to benefit people, the community, and local socio-economic development, Park added.

Dang Si Dung, Deputy Director of the Overseas Labour Department, applauded the IOM’s cooperation programmes and activities in Vietnam, including technical and financial assistance for building and disseminating laws, improving cadres’ capacity and people’s awareness of safe labour migration, and protecting migrant workers abroad.

He particularly appreciated the IOM’s support for making and popularising the law on Vietnamese guest workers, and publishing two health handbooks for those working in Japan and the Republic of Korea.

The official expressed his hope for continued partnership with the IOM to raise migrant workers’ awareness and help them make migration decisions with sufficient information and via safe channels.

At the consultation, participants also considered cooperation priorities and targets in labour migration.

Bac Giang enhances labour quality for business

(BGO) – Resolution No.147 –NQ/TU issued on July 15, 2021 by the Executive Board of the Party Committee in Bac Giang province about developing the industry in 2021 – 2030 period specified that by 2030 Bac Giang province strives to be key locality with modern and sustainable industry and industrial center of the region. 

 

Labour market continues recovering in Q1

Vietnam’s labour market continued to maintain recovery momentum in the first quarter of 2023, Deputy Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Trung Tien said at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6.

 

Businesses in Bac Giang IP plan to employ over 20,000 labours in second quarter

(BGO) – Many businesses in the industrial parks (IP) in Bac Giang province employed about 4,000 labours in the first quarter and planned to employ 20,000 people more in second quarter of 2023.

 

3,600 labours in Bac Giang consulted and employed at job transaction sessions

(BGO) – 3,600 labours in Bac Giang province have been consulted and employed to work for companies in and outside the province at 16 job transaction sessions launched by provincial Job Service Center (Center) in the first quarter of this year (accounting for 21 percent of yearly plan).

 

Bac Giang pays due attention to social insurance policy, ensures benefit for labours

(BGO) – On March 15, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Mai Son cum Head of the Steering Board for implementing social insurance and health insurance policies in the province chaired a meeting to review 2023 task, witness the signing ceremony of cooperation agreement to protect the labours’ rights in term of salary, social insurance and unemployment insurance.

 

Source: VNA