At the meeting, the two Ministers informed each other about the updated situation in the fields of mutual attention.

Minister Dao Ngoc Dung discussed the recent situation of Vietnam's labour market, especially the needs of domestic workers and others such as Japan, Korea, Germany, Australia, etc., along with the potential and outstanding advantages of Vietnamese labour and the requirements on salary and working conditions that businesses need to meet.

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The two Ministers also objectively recognized and assessed the achievements and limitations in labour cooperation between the two countries in the past time, in which the number of Vietnamese workers going to work in the UAE has not yet met the desired needs and potentials of the two countries.

Although in recent years, an average of about 150,000 Vietnamese workers have gone to work abroad in various markets each year, the number of workers going to work in the UAE is still modest, although the UAE has a need to receive a large number of foreign workers.

Minister Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al-Awar welcomed and highly agreed with the contents suggested by Minister Dao Ngoc Dung.

He affirmed that the UAE side is ready to listen and make the greatest efforts in reviewing and adjusting regulations, and policies on receiving, managing, and using labour as well as salary and benefits regimes to effectively attract Vietnamese workers to work in the UAE.

On that basis, the two sides discussed and proposed specific solutions to continue promoting the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of human resources signed between the two Ministries in December 2023.

The two sides agreed to promote cooperation in labour and employment in the coming time, commensurate with the level of multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and the UAE.