Gangwon province of RoK seeks to recruit seasonal Vietnamese labourers
angwon province of the Republic of Korea discussed with Vietnamese partners problems in recruiting Vietnamese labourers for seasonal work in the (RoK) and solutions to the issues at a workshop in Gangwon on November 14.
Seoul (VNA) – Gangwon province of theRepublic of Korea discussed with Vietnamese partners problems in recruitingVietnamese labourers for seasonal work in the (RoK) and solutions to the issuesat a workshop in Gangwon on November 14.
During the event, which was jointly organised by theGangwon authorities, the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA) and the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK, participants were updatedon revised contents in a draft new policy on temporary labour of the KoreanMinistry of Justice.
Representatives from Gangwon said that the localityneeds 5,000 foreign labourers, but only 3,310 were recruited, of which labourersfrom the Philippines account for the majority with 2,475 people, followed byVietnam with 457 people.
The RoK province took the occasion to ask Vietnam’s local authorities to payattention to raising Vietnamese labourers’ awareness of work responsibility.They also hoped for close cooperation by Vietnamese local authorities inquickly handling arising problems related to labourers.
Addressing the event, Nguyen Gia Liem, Deputy Director General of the Department of Overseas Labour Management said Vietnam is reviewing theimplementation a two-year pilot programme on sending Vietnamese labourers towork in the RoK under cooperation mechanisms between the two countries’localities. Based on lessons drawn, recommendations will be made to authorizedagencies to issue appropriate regulations and devise measures to improve thequality of the programme.
According Liem, as many as 847 Vietnamese labourers were sent to the RoK to workin the framework of localities’ cooperation over the last two years. After completingtheir working contract, many of the labourers wish to come back to the RoKunder this programme.
The short-term seasonal labour programme is a long-term and stable cooperationproject between local governments of the RoK and Vietnam, in order to helpKorean farmers recruit short-term workers in peak crops.
As of November 2019, six Vietnamese provinces and cities - Da Nang, Dong Thap,Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Binh Thuan and Ha Tinh, have signed agreements with Koreanlocalities and sent labourers to work there./.
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At the workshop (Source: VNA) 
