Labour
exports hurt by lack of foreign language skills
Few
countries have as many of their citizens working abroad as Vietnam, or depend
so greatly on labour exports for economic vitality, says the Ho Chi Minh City
Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
According
to the Department, it has supplied an enormous amount of guest workers,
nearly 55,600 to foreign markets under official arrangements since 2011,
eight out of 10 of whom were unskilled workers.
Out of the
total some 31,000 guest workers went to the Japanese market; 12,000 to
Taiwan; 5,000 to Malaysia; 3,500 to the Republic of Korea (ROK); and 4,100
worked in other markets.
The jobs
created for these workers provided a lifeline for these workers and their
families to get financially ahead, lift themselves out of poverty and learn
life skills that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Nguyen Thi
Ly, headmaster of Thu Duc College of Technology, noted that as many as 300 of
the school’s graduates had been placed by the Department to work in Japan and
all of them are excited about the high rate of pay they earn.
One graduate
reported he saved US$40,000 after working just three years in Japan.
Huynh Ho Dai
Nghia from the Labour Export Department of the Saigon Garment Company echoed
Mr Ly’s comments, noting that nearly all workers sent to the Japanese market
reported the salaries are high.
Not only do
they describe being able to save a lot of money, said Mr Nghia, but almost
all of them say they returned home with broader knowledge and professional
working skills. A few even reported they saved enough money and got the
skills to start their own businesses.
Nguyen Xuan
Lanh, an assistant to director of Esuhai Company that employs thousands of
workers for businesses in Japan, Taiwan and the ROK, also noted these markets
have high demands and opportunities for guest workers to earn large sums.
The company
earlier this year sent nearly 1,000 engineers and trainees to Japan and all
report the money is excellent, he noted.
However, far
too many guest workers are being held back by their lack of foreign language
skills said Tran Viet Phu, deputy director of HCM City Vocational College of
Economics and Technology.
The City
currently has 46 companies and 23 branches that are qualified to export
labour abroad, said Mr Phu.
In addition,
the City’s vocational colleges have signed training agreements with Japan and
the ROK to train workers. However, the number of trainees is not sufficient
to meet the actual demand, most notably due to lack of foreign language qualifications.
Due to the
cost and time consideration, some companies have been cutting corners and not
paying proper attention to ensuring workers are adequately trained prior to
sending them overseas.
Most notably
they do not meet the foreign language working requirements and as a result
they cannot function in a foreign environment and their labour contracts are
consequently being terminated early.
Consequently,
the lack of foreign language skills is holding labour exports back, noted Mr
Phu.
To boost labour
exports, controls need to be put in place to better train and test candidates
for the guest worker program to develop a workforce with high-level foreign
language skills adequate for employment abroad.
VOV
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Chủ Nhật, 11 tháng 12, 2016
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