Labor Export News Today

More businesses are being encouraged to create training programmes before and after sending Vietnamese workers overseas, in order for human resources potential to not be wasted on their return.

Many low-skilled overseas Vietnamese workers are struggling on their return home, finding it difficult to settle in and find new jobs in the face of fierce domestic competition.

The average annual income of overseas Vietnamese workers is VND200 million and guest workers send $10 billion a year to relatives in Vietnam. However, labor quality remains problematic.

Two Ugandan women have died after allegedly jumping from buildings

This comes after a joint advisory between the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and the Pag-IBIG Fund made securing Pag-IBIG membership identification numbers and paying the monthly contributions mandatory for overseas Filipino workers.