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Vietnamese guest workers wait to handle entry procedures at Incheon International Airport of the Republic of Korea. (Photo for illustration)

She made the remark while addressing a consultation held on April 19 to discuss the cooperation program on labor migration for 2024-2028.

The event was held by the Overseas Labor Department under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the IOM. It was also attended by officials of the departments of labor, invalids and social affairs of nine localities with large numbers of people working overseas.

Park highlighted the IOM’s collaboration with Vietnam and other related parties like non-governmental and social organizations to promote safe and orderly labor migration based on the Sustainable Development Goals in the country.

The IOM highly values the Vietnamese Government’s important commitments to protecting migrant workers’ rights and creating a favorable environment for facilitating safe labor migration to benefit people, the community, and local socio-economic development, Park added.

Dang Si Dung, Deputy Director of the Overseas Labor Department, applauded the IOM’s cooperation programs and activities in Vietnam, including technical and financial assistance for building and disseminating laws, improving cadres’ capacity and people’s awareness of safe labor migration, and protecting migrant workers abroad.

He particularly appreciated the IOM’s support for making and popularizing the law on Vietnamese guest workers, and publishing two health handbooks for those working in Japan and the Republic of Korea.

The official expressed his hope for continued partnership with the IOM to raise migrant workers’ awareness and help them make migration decisions with sufficient information and via safe channels.

At the consultation, participants also considered cooperation priorities and targets in labor migration.

Source: VNA