Vietnamese labourers who work in the Republic of Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS) have been appreciated by Korean employers, said Lim Seung-mook, Vice President of the Human Resources Development Services of the RoK (HRDK).
The Vietnam EPS (Employment Permit System) Labour Management Office, in collaboration with the Support Centre for Foreign Workers in Uijeongbu city of Gyeonggi province, held a meeting on April 23 with Vietnamese labourers working in the city and surrounding areas to update them on the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s law.
The Centre of Overseas Labour at the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has announced a plan to select around 12,000 Vietnamese people to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the host country’s Employment Permit System (EPS).
Vietnam’s relevant agencies have stepped up training since mid-2022 in an effort to increase the number of workers sent to the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Vietnamese labourers who are working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) within the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme raised questions relating to their rights, interests and obligations at a meeting on August 14.
The number of Vietnamese workers entering the Republic of Korea (RoK) is expected to rise, reaching 183 at the end of this month, according to the Management Board of Vietnamese Laborers in RoK.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) have drawn up plans and solutions to select, send and manage labourers working abroad given complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision on a piloting scheme which requires domestic workers to make deposits before departing to work in the Republic of Korea.
Nearly 4,000 Vietnamese labourers working in the manufacturing, construction and fishery sectors will be recruited to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese workers will have opportunities to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) when the country re-opens its labour market to Vietnam from the middle of 2016.
Illegal Vietnamese workers abroad and particularly in the RoK who voluntarily return home from September 1 to December 31 this year will not be imposed with any administrative penalties.
