Taiwan employed more than half of the Vietnamese workers who left for overseas jobs in 2014.
According to statistics compiled by Vietnamese labor authorities, more than 60,000 Vietnamese laborers came to Taiwan to work last year. That made up almost 60% of the total Vietnamese workers who landed a job overseas for the whole year. The data also indicated that the number of Vietnamese workers coming to Taiwan hit a record high in 14 years.
The Vietnamese government said as Taiwan has been gearing up to push for policies to boost its economy, demand for workers has been on the rise. It also said Vietnam seized the opportunity to train the country’s workers and help them find jobs in Taiwan.
In contrast to Vietnam’s move to send workers to Taiwan, the number of Thai workers coming to Taiwan has fallen, while Indonesia and the Philippines tended not to encourage workers to come to Taiwan.
After Taiwan, Japan ranked as the second largest recipient of Vietnamese workers last year, followed by South Korea, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.