(VOV) -The number of illegal Vietnamese guest workers has seen a slight drop after six months of implementing a special Memorandum of Understanding under the Korea Employment Permit System (EPS) for Vietnam signed in 2013.
According to Luong Duc Long, Deputy Director of the Overseas Labour Centre under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the number of Vietnamese guest workers employed by Korean employers has so far amounted to 5,000 people of which 3,570 have passed Korean language tests and 1,450 have been selected by Korean employers after they returned home on schedule under labour contracts.
In the six-month period, 2,179 Vietnamese employees have left to work in the RoK.
The RoK Ministry of Employment and Labour reports the number of Vietnamese guest workers illegally residing in the country has reduced but this is unsustainable.
“It is imperative to properly implement the Government Decree on strengthening the management of Vietnamese guest workers in the RoK to help reduce the number of workers residing illegally in the country to below 30% in the time ahead.” Long said.
Đăng ký: VietNam News