Australia is ready to welcome 1,000 Vietnamese workers to work
Australia and Vietnam have agreed to facilitate the transfer of 1,000 Vietnamese workers to work in the agricultural sector in Australia to address the labor shortage.
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam have just announced the implementation of support for Vietnamese citizens to work in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Migration (PALM) program.
Accordingly, Australia will grant permits for up to 1,000 Vietnamese workers to work in the agricultural sector in the country at the same time. Workers can choose short-term work, lasting 6-9 months, or long-term work, lasting 1-4 years.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Ba Hoan speaks at the announcement ceremony. Photo: Tong Giap
Low-skilled to semi-skilled workers in agriculture such as crop production, meat processing, fisheries (including aquaculture) and forestry.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Australian Government will jointly select Vietnamese service enterprises to participate in the Program in September this year.
Speaking at the program, Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan said that the implementation of this agreement aims to meet the aspirations of Vietnamese workers who want to go to Australia to work for a good income, improve their foreign language skills, and accumulate knowledge, skills, and science and technology of this country.
In the first year of implementing the program, one public service unit and up to six service enterprises sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts will be selected to participate.
Public service units and service enterprises that are not selected will not be allowed to participate and recruit workers for this program.
Recruitment costs will be paid by Australian employers to Vietnamese service providers and enterprises.
Australian Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Renée Deschamps (Photo: Tong Giap).
Australian Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Renée Deschamps said this important cooperation program will help address the labor shortage in rural and regional areas of Australia.
At the same time, it provides Vietnamese workers with the opportunity to improve their knowledge, experience and working skills in this country.
Both Australia and Vietnam are committed to ensuring the safety of workers participating in the PALM program and to minimizing risks related to fraud, unethical recruitment and labor exploitation.
