(VOVworld) - Vietnam has set a target to send more workers to Taiwan, China, in 2015. Tong Hai Nam, Deputy Head of the Department of Overseas Labor Management (DOLM), said Taiwan is favored by many Vietnamese workers for its friendly working environment and good salaries of around 630 USD/month: "Chinese Taiwan is expected to receive a huge number of workers from Vietnam in 2015. The quality of Vietnamese workers has improved significantly thanks to stricter qualifying and training activities. I believe that Taiwan will continue to be an attractive destination for many Vietnamese workers."

Vietnamese workers under a training program to work in Japan. Photo: Hoai Nam

Vietnam sent more than 100,000 workers abroad for the 1^st time in 2014. Last year, Taiwan received the highest record number of Vietnamese workers, 62,000, in the past 14 years.