Building data on workers working abroad

Workers who want to work abroad can easily find information about high-paying labor markets, lists of newly licensed labor supply contracts, and recruitment needs of labor export companies on the website.www.dolab.gov.vn.

A database will be built on all workers working abroad under contract. (Illustration photo: Huu Viet/VNA)

In particular, a database of all workers working abroad under contract will also be built on this website.

This is the information announced by the Department of Overseas Labor Management at the launch of the new electronic information portal.www.dolab.gov.vnon July 24.

Websitewww.dolab.gov.vnis the result of the project to build a database on Vietnamese workers working abroad, assigned by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Vietnam Labor Management Department. The project was implemented from January 2013 to the end of 2014.

Part 1 of the project has been completed and the website has been launched. In part 1, the electronic information portal was built with information related to the activities of labor export enterprises, policies and documents in the field of labor export, information on the labor export market, projects to support migrant workers, etc.

In part 2 of the project, which will be implemented from now until the end of 2014, the project will focus on building and managing a database of Vietnamese people working abroad. Accordingly, labor export companies will have to provide labor supply contracts and profiles of workers working abroad under contracts to build a database of information about workers. The database will be updated continuously according to reports from businesses.

A representative of the Department of Overseas Labor Management said: “Innovations in building an electronic information portal aim to make information transparent. This will help increase the responsibility of labor export enterprises, change workers’ awareness of self-protection and prevent brokers from defrauding uninformed workers.”

Publicizing the database of Vietnamese workers working abroad will contribute to improving the management of labor export activities, minimizing risks, and ensuring safety during the process of working abroad./.

According to Vietnam+ - M.D