Companies in Vietnam are eagerly welcoming employees who used to work in South Korea and Japan as they have improved their knowledge, vocational skills, and work ethics, according to the Overseas Worker Center under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs. 

The center confirmed that over the past few years, 2,000 enterprises in Vietnam have recruited more than 17,000 high-skilled Vietnamese laborers returning home from Japan and South Korea via 90 job fairs and exchanges nationwide.

In November this year, South Korean and Japanese firms in Vietnam enhanced the recruitment of production managers, interpreters, translators, CNC engineers, and electronic engineers.

The company offers an average monthly salary of VND10-15 million (US$397-595) and prioritizes workers aged 26 to 35 who have participated in the Employment Permit System (EPS) program -- a temporary migration initiative for low-skilled workers in South Korea -- as well as the IM Japan program, a technical internship that selects Vietnamese trainees for Japan.

Ha Van Tai, a 29-year-old from north-central Thanh Hoa Province, said he was offered a position within a company specializing in mechanics, welding, and CNC machine shell assembly in South Korea through the EPS program.

Tai's highest monthly salary during the four years abroad was VND70 million ($2,773). When he returned to Vietnam, he found it hard to immediately find a similar job.

At a job fair in Hanoi this month, a South Korea-invested company recruited him, offering a high salary due to his experience and fluency in the Korean language.

Vo Truong, a 35-year-old from Nghe An Province in north-central Vietnam, recently passed the first round of interviews for a job in Vietnam offering a monthly salary of VND15-20 million ($595-792).

After his experience working in South Korea under the EPS program, Truong said he learned valuable skills, including time management, systematic work approaches, and effective communication with managers.

This, he believes, has prepared him well for his new role.

At a job fair earlier this month for laborers participating in the EPS and IM Japan programs, Baek Seok Hyun from the South Korean Embassy in Vietnam highlighted that Vietnam is the leading country sending workers to South Korea under the EPS program.

Many South Korean employers praised Vietnamese workers for being hard-working, diligent, quick to learn new skills, and possessing a strong industrial work ethic.

The South Korean government has also been offering support to foreign workers through its dedicated support centers.

According to Ishii Chikahisa, first secretary at the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, the number of Vietnamese people living and working in Japan reached 600,000 in the first half of this year, making the Vietnamese community the second-largest foreign community in Japan.

The Japanese government, along with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, is committed to continuing efforts to create a positive work environment for Vietnamese laborers, improving working conditions and easing requirements for Vietnamese workers.

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