Presented by

Vũ Hồng Minh – Chief of Office

Department of Overseas Labour

Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and

Social Affairs of Vietnam (MOLISA)

PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING FOR

VIETNAMESE WORKERS WORKING ABROAD

MAIN CONTENTS

POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK GOVERNINGTHE

PROCESS OF VIETNAMESE WORKERS WORKING

ABROAD

REGULATIONS ON PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING

1

2

3 GENDER SENSITIVE CURRICULUM ( A PILOT

PROGRAMME)

Law on Vietnamese workers working abroad

under contract came into force on 1st July 2007

and guiding documents have been creating legal

framework to manage the activities of sending

workers abroad, thus, promoting the rights of

migrant workers

1. LAWS AND REGULATIONS

1. LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Law defines legal forms regulating the

process of Vietnamese workers working

abroad:

1. Licensed manpower companies;

2. Vietnamese companies which have investment

projects overseas;

3.Internship programmes;

4. Individual contract directly signed between

Vietnamese workers with foreign employee.

Number of Vietnamese workers going to work abroad

YEAR Number of Workers

2003 75.000

2004 67.500

2005 70.594

2006 78.855

2007 85.000

2008 87.000

2009 73.028

2010 85.564

2011 88.298

2012 80.320

2013 88.155

Total 958.897

DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS LABOUR

Tên: Department of Overseas Labour

Headquarter: 41B Lý Thái Tổ, Hà Nội, Việt Nam

Staff: 60 officials

Category: Department under Minsitry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs

Mission : To exercise governmental administration on Vietnamese workers

working abroad

website: www.dolab.gov.vn

REGULATIONS ON PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING

Licensed manpower company is responsible to provide pre-

departure training for workers (regulated in Law on Vietnamese

Workers working abroad under contract)

- Duration: 74 sections , including16 practising sections

- Contents: law and regulations on Vietnamese workers working

abroad; principles and safety regulations; culture and lifestyles of

destinations countries; transportations and remittance…

- Training location: Licensed companies provide training at their

own training centers.

CẢNH GIÁC: PHÁT HIỆN CÁC NGUY CƠ REGULATIONS ON PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING

Some pre-departure training books (categorised by destination countries)

REGULATIONS ON PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING

GENDER – SENSITIVE CURRICULUM

A pilot programme

Under the Project “Empowering Vietnamese Women Migrants”

Have conducted pilot training for 300 workers at 15 classes

Training for Trainers (TOT) for 24 teachers from 12 licensed companies in the North of Vietnam

GENDER – SENSITIVE CURRICULUM

Includes 4 sections:

1. Sex and Gender

2. Basic Rights of Women Migrants

3. Gender –related issues to workers working abroad

4. Potential cases and risks and some soft skills to protect women

migrants working abroad

GENDER –SENSITIVE CURRICULUM

Structure of one section

1. Game – Warming up

2. Some exercises

3. Some questions for group discussing

4. A Clip

5. Conclussion

Shouting or using horn, alarming 1

Example 1:

Some effective actions when you face up with

dangerous situation

Using spray or perfume to protect your self 2

Some effective actions when you face up with

dangerous situation

Precautions: dressing up with normal clothes, avoiding

attractive T-shirts..

Example 2: Some protection methods

Avoiding going out alone, should take a group to go out

together

Some protection methods

Consider when a stranger give you a lift or extraordinary

help

Some protection methods

Do not let a stranger getting home when you are alone. Take a

good care of his attitude, behaviour and prepare some

necessary actions.

Some protection methods

Thank you!