There are 48,000 contracted Vietnamese workers in South Korea and 230,000 in Taiwan, but it is not known how many are stranded in the two places after the expiry of their work visa due to the pandemic.

Vietnamese migrant workers attend a work safety class in South Korea.

Tran Thi Van Ha, head of the Overseas Labor Management Agency at the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said to help employers suffering from a lack of manpower due to the outbreak, the South Korean government is set to allow those who wish to stay back an additional five months’ stay.

She also said Taiwan would extend workers’ visas by three months.

Taiwan is the second largest overseas market for Vietnamese labor with more than 54,480 going in 2019. South Korea came in third with over 7,200 workers. Japan is the top destination that received more than 80,000 Vietnamese workers last year.

South Korea has reported over 10,800 Covid-19 cases and 255 deaths as of Wednesday morning, while Taiwan has had 438 infections and six deaths.

Japan’s new visa policy paves way for Vietnamese guest workers

Vietnamese people account for 55 percent of the foreign workers who are granted visa under Japan’s new policy adopted from April 1, 2019, according to the Immigration Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Justice.

Vietnam ranks second in number of guest workers in Japan

Vietnam now ranks second in the number of employees working in Japan, according to the latest statistics of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Job opportunities for guest workers back from ROK and Japan

Vietnamese guest workers who returned home from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan will be offered with further opportunities to work for enterprises from the two countries at an upcoming job festival in early September.

Number of guest workers to Republic of Korea increase

(BGO) – The Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) in the northern province of Bac Giang has completed the health examination and received the application dossiers of 83 labors to Republic of Korea, mostly those passed the Korean language and practice test in 2019 for two fields of manufacturing and construction. 

Source: VnExpress