Vietnamese workers in S Korea to see pay rise with 2026 minimum wage hike
In the first half of 2025, South Korea remained one of the top three destinations for Vietnamese labor, alongside Japan and Taiwan (China).
Topic: guest workers
Some $5 billion remitted home annually by guest workers
Over 700,000 Vietnamese workers are now working abroad.
Some $5 billion remitted home annually by guest workers
Over 700,000 Vietnamese workers are now working abroad.
Nearly 75,000 workers sent abroad in first half of 2025
Japan remained the leading destination, receiving 35,240 workers, followed by Taiwan (China) with 28,206 and South Korea with 5,650.
Vietnam expands high-income overseas labor markets in 2025
These markets include Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, and Finland.
Group prosecuted for using fake visas to illegally send workers to the US
At the end of 2023, airport security officers found five Vietnamese citizens using fake Mexican visas with the intention of fleeing to the US.
Vietnam's labor export rebounds, targets new markets
Besides traditional labor markets with high income such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan (China), new destinations include Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Hungary, and Greece.
Vietnam leads in number of guest workers in Japan
Half of Vietnam’s 146,000 labor exports in the first eleven months went to Japan.