Representatives of Vietnam’s labour sector met with Russian partners last week to kick off the first round of negotiations for sending Vietnamese labourers to work in Russia.
Hanoi (VNA) – Representatives of Vietnam’slabour sector met with Russian partners last week to kick off the first roundof negotiations for sending Vietnamese labourers to work in Russia.
Talking to reporters regarding an agreement on Russia’sorganised recruitment of Vietnamese workers, Mikhai Ivankov, an official of Krasnoyarskemployment and labour agency, unveiled that Russia has set a quota of accepting15,000 Vietnamese workers in the country this year.
Krasnoyarsk region is the main partner in a pilot programmeon receiving Vietnamese labourers in Russia.
Ivankov said the region needs mainly unskilled workers forlight industry, agriculture, and construction, adding that approximately 40percent of the Vietnamese workers will work in the region’s central areas.
He expressed hope for early discussions between the twosides on specific issues related to the subject.
According to a representative from the Department ofOverseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and SocialAffairs, Vietnam has not sent workers to Russia in recent years. Thus, thereopening of negotiations on the matter and the pilot programme will create newopportunities for Vietnamese to work legally in the nation.
A representative from the Russia’s Federal Service forLabour and Employment said Vietnam and Russia are yet to ink a labour exchange agreement,but he expected the agreement will include the Russian side providinginformation on employers, job requirements and working conditions along withlocal labour law ; and monitoring the observance of the law. Vietnam,meanwhile, is expected to recruit and train eligible candidates, reachagreement on content of labour contracts with workers, and organise trips toRussia for selected workers.
Ivankov Mikhail Yurievich, deputy head of the federalservice, stated that foreign workers working legally in Russia will have their legalrights and interests ensured – including those on labour contracts, wages,bonuses, and hazard pay.
He noted that Russia is inspecting businesses to detectviolations of workers’ rights and interests. As such, the authority isexamining the electronic labour contracts of about 4,000 workers at the SavingsBank of the Russian Federation (Sberbank). This type of contract is expected tobe applied in more Russian firms as a tool to protect labourers, includingthose from other countries.
According to the department, this year, Russia is mostly lookingfor Vietnamese labourers to work in sewing and farming. –VNA
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