Hospitality service providers, specifically restaurants and hotels, in Japan, Germany, and France have a high demand for migrant laborers, including Vietnamese.

Vietnamese laborers working in restaurants and hotels in these countries can get a monthly salary of VND40-80 million (US$1,632-3,264) each.

At a seminar held by Saigontourist Hospitality College in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, Nguyen Hong Ngoc Lam, who in charge of Germany’s Hand in Hand for International Talents project, said that the project offers opportunities to young Vietnamese people.

The project provides information on working opportunities for skilled workers from Vietnam who want to live and work in Germany on a long-term basis.

They do need to have intermediate degrees to work in Germany, Lam added.

Under the project, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Vietnamese workers with expertise in hospitality and cuisine will receive financial support for visa applications and German language learning expenses.

They just need to pay airfares for their flights to the European country.

Upon arrival in Germany, Vietnamese laborers will work for enterprises participating in the project and receive salaries equivalent to those of German workers.

Currently, salaries range from 2,600 to 2,800 euros ($2,840-3,059) per month for kitchen staff in restaurants and from 2,300 to 2,500 euros ($2,513-2,731) for positions in hotels.

Foreign laborers can apply for permanent settlement permits after three years of working and German citizenship after five years, Lam informed.

Germany is facing a shortage of laborers in many sectors. The country needs 400,000 migrant workers per year.

Meanwhile, Le Minh Thuy, deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City-based Haio Education, which specializes in training and sending laborers to work overseas, said the company receives monthly orders from Japanese restaurants and hotels.

The contracts between Vietnamese applicants and Japanese enterprises are often valid for five years and can be extended.

Foreign laborers can apply for permanent residency and enjoy a salary of VND38-42 million ($1,550-1,713) a month.

They need to hold intermediate degrees, Thuy added.

The French market has also shown a high demand for Vietnamese laborers working in restaurants and hotels.

Thuy said an Italian restaurant chain in France contacted her company to ask for laborers last week.

The chain offered a salary of 1,800-2,000 euros ($1,967-2,185) per month, exclusive of bonuses.

However, France regulates that foreign laborers have to return to their homeland when the contracts expire and applicants have to make deposits to ensure that they will not illegally stay there.

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