S. Korea stops recruiting Vietnamese laborers from 40 districts
S. Korea stops recruiting Vietnamese laborers from 40 districts
South Korea has decided to stop recruiting laborers from 40 districts in 10 localities in Vietnam this year, the local media reported, citing head of the Department of Overseas Labor Tong Hai Nam.
Nam said today, May 6, that the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs had listed 100 districts to be considered for a suspension of labor export as the percentage of laborers from these localities failing to return home after their labor contracts expired had risen to 30%.
Based on the list, the South Korean side agreed to stop employing workers from the 40 districts across Vietnam, under the Employment Permit System program in 2019, and the ministry has sent an announcement to the provinces and cities about the labor recruitment suspension in force for these localities.
Accordingly, 40 districts in the provinces of Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Quang Binh, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Hung Yen face this suspension on labor exports to the South Korean market.
At least 60 laborers from these districts are staying illegally in South Korea.
The suspension will be expanded to localities that do not see a fall in the percentage and number of laborers staying illegally in the country in 2020, based on reports on the percentage and number of workers overstaying their visa in South Korea at the end of 2019 made by the South Korean side, Nam said.
