Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/03/03
By: Fan Ching-yi and Elaine Hou
Hanoi, March 3 (CNA) About 56 percent of Vietnamese migrant workers who left
CNA file photo
home in February came to work in Taiwan, making the country the largest importer of Vietnamese migrant workers, according to Vietnamese official statistics.
In February, there were 6,978 Vietnamese going overseas to work, and 3,963 of them came to Taiwan, the statistics showed.
In the first two months of 2016, a total of 15,605 Vietnamese went overseas to work, and 9,325 of them came to Taiwan, the figures showed.
Vietnam has set an annual target of exporting 100,000 migrant workers.
A total of 67,000 Vietnamese migrant workers came to work in Taiwan last year, making it continue to be the largest importer of Vietnamese migrant workers. [FULL STORY]
