Posts Tagged ‘ To Work Abroad ’

Home not so sweet for workers returning from abroad

January 31, 2010
Home not so sweet for workers returning from abroad

Women wait at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi before traveling to work abroad. Le Xuan Lai has returned to his village in the northern province of Thai Binh to work the fields, dispirited after over a year of fruitlessly looking for a job in Hanoi. His limited experience and smattering of Chinese, which he [...]

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Problems plague labour export plan for disadvantaged workers

December 7, 2009
Problems plague labour export plan for disadvantaged workers

Poor promotion and communication, lack of co-operation by local authorities, and excessive red tape have been blamed for problems in expanding the national labour export scheme . . . Young people seek labour export opportunities at a career fair in the central province of Nghe An.The problem is seen as so serious that Prime Minister [...]

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Vietnam misses labour export target

November 30, 2009
Vietnam misses labour export target

Workers study foreign language before going abroad.VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has fallen short of its target to send 90,000 labourers to work abroad in 2009 as a consequence of the global economic crisis. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, Director of the Overseas Labour Management Department, announced on November 27, noting that the total number of Vietnamese labourers [...]

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Vietnam falls short of labor export target

November 28, 2009
Vietnam falls short of labor export target

Vietnam has fallen short of its target to send 90,000 laborers to work abroad this year as a consequence of the global economic crisis. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, Director of Overseas Labor Management Department announced the information on Nov. 27, noting that the total number of Vietnamese laborers leaving to work abroad in 2009 is expected [...]

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Most labour export firms can’t do job

August 25, 2009
Most labour export firms can’t do job

A three-year inspection carried out by the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee has found two-thirds of labour export companies were incapable of sending workers abroad. Only 54 out of 164 licensed businesses were able to send more than 1,000 workers abroad, while 29 others did not sign a single export contract between 2007 and 2009.Only [...]

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Chance to work abroad gives hope to poor

June 18, 2009
Chance to work abroad gives hope to poor

LookAtVietnam – Working overseas is a dream come true for many of the country’s poorest villagers, and particularly for women trapped in the most menial and low-paying jobs. Ethnic people will have the chance to enroll for free language and professional skills training courses in order to work in South Korea, instead of being trapped [...]

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Poverty worsens for repatriated workers

April 7, 2009
Poverty worsens for repatriated workers

Workers returning from Russia prepare to move to other housing after their current contract ends. Nguyen Dinh Dung left for Russia early this year with high hopes that he would help his family escape poverty. His farming family in the central province of Quang Tri had sold a cow, used for plowing the field, for [...]

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Government to extend help to workers from poor areas

February 12, 2009
Government to extend help to workers from poor areas

LookAtVietnam – The Department for Overseas Worker Management of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs has announced a plan to help more workers from 61 poor districts nationwide to find work abroad, describing it as an effective way to further improve The agency has set a target of sending around 10,000 workers [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...