To effectively implement Decision 90/QĐ-TTg on the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs issued Circular 03/2024/TT-BLĐTBXH on April 18, 2024, concerning support for workers going abroad.

According to Circular No. 03/2024/TT-BLĐTBXH, the support targets workers intending to work abroad who reside in poor districts, particularly difficult coastal and island communes. Priority is given to workers from poor households, near-poor households, and households that have recently escaped poverty.

The support includes training and skills development costs, food, living, and accommodation expenses during training, essential personal items, medical examination fees, passport, visa, and judicial record fees, introduction and counseling services, and costs for advanced foreign language training. All principles must ensure effectiveness, transparency, democracy, and gender equality. The support levels are applied according to different provisions of Article 69 of Circular No. 55/2023/TT-BTC, depending on the groups of beneficiaries.

Methods of Support, training, and skill enhancement activities are carried out through bidding, ordering, and task assignment. Workers receiving support will get direct assistance based on invoices or receipts for training costs and related procedures.

The Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs will introduce and counsel workers from difficult areas to work abroad under contracts, according to Circular No. 55/2023/TT-BTC. Additionally, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs will conduct foreign language training through bidding, ordering, and task assignment.

This Circular takes effect from June 5, 2024.

This bulletin is for informational purposes only regarding newly enacted legal regulations and is not intended for advising or applying to specific cases.

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