More than 23,000 workers sent aboard

11:42' 09/04/2008 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam sent more than 23,000 people to work abroad in the first quarter of 2008, reported the Bureau of Administration on Overseas Workers under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

The figure represents an increase of more than 17 percent over the same period last year.

The largest markets for labour export remained Malaysia, Qatar, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

The number of Vietnamese workers in markets such as the USA and Australia was limited because of their poor professional and foreign languages skills.

The MOLISA said it would assist labour export enterprises in holding vocational training courses. The focus would be on training in jobs that are in high demand in the international market so as to reach the target of sending abroad 85,000 workers this year.

The ministry also plans to establish some labour export training centres under the system of vocational schools.

At present, Vietnam has sent 500,000 people to work aboard.