This decision means that the South Korean labor market will re-open for Vietnamese guest workers.
The language test is scheduled on November 17-18 in Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Da Nang and HCM City.
This time South Korea will recruit 15,000 Vietnamese workers, including 11,700 for the manufacturing industry, 1,000 for construction sector, 1,000 for agriculture and 1,300 for fishery.
Previously, South Korea considered whether to hire Vietnamese workers further or not, because many Vietnamese workers did not return home after the labor contracts end.
Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, head of the Department for Overseas Labor Management, said that restriction will be applied for locations where at least five workers who illegally quit job and illegal reside in South Korea.
Quynh said that around 14.8 percent of Vietnamese workers whose labor contracts expired but they do not return home. This is a big problem.
According to the Department for Overseas Labor Management, over 63,000 Vietnamese workers have sent to South Korea. Up to 90 percent of them work in the manufacturing industry.
The two biggest problems with Vietnamese workers in South Korea include: they change their jobs very often, and illegally stay in the host country after their labor contracts end.
The latest case happened recently when 22 Vietnamese workers ran away right after they fulfilled the entrance formalities at the airport. Most of these workers come from the central province of Ha Tinh. Because of this case, South Korea canceled the Korean language test on August 7.
According to the Korean Ministry of Employment and Job, of the total 63,000 Vietnamese workers, over 8,000 are residing illegally in this country, account for 14.8 percent. This is the highest number among countries that export their manpower to South Korea.
The rate of Vietnamese workers who asked for changing jobs is also high, around 32 percent. More seriously, the number of Vietnamese workers who ran away immediately after entering Korea is rising.
Vietnam has exported its manpower under Korea’s EPS program for six years. Vietnamese workers account for 25 percent of the total number of foreign workers from 15 countries in Korea. Vietnamese workers in Korea annually send home around $600 million.
Vu Diep
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