Vietnam's Consulate in Lebanon has become a familiar place for the Vietnamese community there for the past six years. "The Mohamad office, which is also the office of Vietnam's Consulate in Beirut, Lebanon, is responsible for helping to solve problems that Vietnamese workers have, although the number of Vietnamese workers there are not many," said Mr. Chady Joseph Issa. "We help them work stably or look for better new job opportunities in Lebanon, because the Vietnamese Embassy is not located here," he said. "We also assisted a number of Vietnamese citizens evacuating from Syria to Lebanon to return to Vietnam safely when Syria was at war. We also coordinated with some other Southeast Asian Embassies here to help them evacuate," he emphasized. According to him, Vietnamese workers there are very hardworking, active and intelligent, as well as strictly obeying Lebanon's law and policy. Compared with many countries, the number of Vietnamese workers working there is very small. In the … [Read more...] about Many job opportunities for Vietnamese workers in Lebanon
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Enhance job opportunities for people with disabilities DTiNews
Vietnam has lost 3 percent of its GDP as the result of the involuntary exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. Jobs seem to be too big a dream to achieve Ngo Thi Kim Oanh no longer believes in luck and has given up her job hunt after four years of trying in vain. Despite her education background, the 38-year-old – who suffers from some physical disability because of cerebral palsy – cannot stand the discriminating look from employers. After graduating from the Hanoi Foreign Languages University and struggling to find jobs for several years, Ms Oanh was recruited by some foreign non-profit organizations on short-term contracts to help other people with disabilities but those projects ended in 2008, leaving her with no job prospects again. For Ms Oanh and the more than 15 percent of Viet Nam’s population, living with disability, jobs seem to be too big a dream to achieve although they are still able to work. According to the International Labour … [Read more...] about Enhance job opportunities for people with disabilities DTiNews
Enhance job opportunities for people with disabilities
Vietnam has lost 3 percent of its GDP as the result of the involuntary exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. Jobs seem to be too big a dream to achieve Ngo Thi Kim Oanh no longer believes in luck and has given up her job hunt after four years of trying in vain. Despite her education background, the 38-year-old – who suffers from some physical disability because of cerebral palsy – cannot stand the discriminating look from employers. After graduating from the Hanoi Foreign Languages University and struggling to find jobs for several years, Ms Oanh was recruited by some foreign non-profit organizations on short-term contracts to help other people with disabilities but those projects ended in 2008, leaving her with no job prospects again. … [Read more...] about Enhance job opportunities for people with disabilities
Vietnam becoming magnet for expat workers
The booming economy needs foreigners to plug skill gaps in many areas while locals, by and large, do not resent the higher wages the expats are paid … [Read more...] about Vietnam becoming magnet for expat workers
Overseas job opportunities slow
Overseas job opportunities for Vietnamese laborers seem to be drying up, with some experts blaming the slowing global economy and others blaming the behavior of the workers. A Vietnamese worker (L) at a construction site in Qatar. Labor export firms say the Middle Eastern country recently stopped issuing visas to Vietnamese workers. … [Read more...] about Overseas job opportunities slow