More than 61,600 workers sent abroad under contractual agreements  in five months

As many as 61,631 workers found jobs abroad in January-May period, equivalent to 47.4 per cent of this year's target, the Government News quoted  the Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Home Affairs as reporting.

In the reviewed period, Japan remained the top importer of manpower from Viet Nam, recruiting 29,902 workers, followed by Taiwan with 22,132 workers and South Korea with 4,977 workers.

Other destinations for Vietnamese workers included China (1,242 workers), Singapore (852 workers), Romania (317 workers) and Hungary (507 workers).

In May alone, 13,750 laborers left Vietnam for overseas employment, with Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea as the largest recipients, accepting 5,544; 6,595; and 735 workers, respectively.

Vietnam set a target to send 130,000 laborers abroad under contractual agreements this year.

More than 700,000 Vietnamese workers are currently employed abroad under contracts, earning stable incomes and sending significant remittances worth approximately $3.5–4 billion per year to the homeland.

From 2021 to 2024, nearly 500,000 Vietnamese travelled to work abroad. In 2024 alone, the nation sent about 150,000 workers to work overseas.