File picture of labourers taking the Korean language exam to work in South Korea. - VNA/VNS
HANOI: Vietnam sent more than 132,000 labourers abroad in the first 10 months of 2023, surpassing the target set for the whole year by 20 per cent, Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday (Nov 8).
According to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), among those workers, 44,669 were female, accounting for nearly 30 per cent.
Japan remained the top destination for Vietnamese guest workers.
About 21,100 Vietnamese labourers were sent abroad in October alone, according to statistics from enterprises.
Vietnam targeted sending 110,000 Vietnamese labourers abroad to work under contracts this year.
According to MOLISA, there are currently about 650,000 Vietnamese labourers working in 40 countries and regions around the world. - Xinhua
