Labour export to Korea is set to soon resume through policies preventing and punishing runaway workers.

The numbers of Vietnamese workers to be employed abroad is likely to drop this year on the back of falling overseas demand.

The Prime Minister recently approved a pilot programme requiring selected workers under the RoK’s employment permit system (EPS) to deposit VND100 million (nearly US$5,000) prior to their departure.

According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in 2012, has over 80,000 employees who are sent overseas, bringing value from 1.7 to 2 billion dollars. 2013, the market will be focused on Vietnam, unfreeze? But employees should choose which market to achieving high economic efficiency?

Viet Nam's major labour importers include Taiwan, which received 14,000 workers, South Korea with about 7,500 workers, Japan with over 3,900 workers and Laos with 3,300 workers. There is a declining number of Vietnamese workers in most markets.

Number of employees in Taiwan Vietnam continues to hold the No. 2 spot in this market and promises to continue to increase. The Taiwanese are implementing strict control mechanisms for case workers fled.

Vietnam is expected to send 85,000 guest workers abroad in 2013, says Le Van Thanh, deputy head of the Overseas Labour Management Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).