The figure includes 20,170 female workers, said the Department of Overseas Labor Management under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

The ministry had to cut the preset goal of sending 130,000 guest workers abroad to 70,000 this year due to negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic but the adjusted goal remains unfeasible.

In the reviewed period, 27,325 Vietnamese went to work in Japan, making the Northeast Asian nation the top destination for Vietnamese workers.

Chinese Taipei came second with 23,403 workers, followed by the Republic of Korea with 1,077 workers.

The other important markets were Romania, China, Singapore, Uzbekistan, and Algeria.

In November alone, more than 7,000 Vietnamese were sent abroad, including 2,397 women, accounting for 47.43% against the same period last year.