To date, we have gradually synchronized solutions ranging from policy mechanisms and business connections to startup support, enabling returning workers to continue developing and contributing their abilities to the country. This is a high-quality workforce, possessing excellent skills, a professional work ethic, and outstanding foreign language abilities.

Vietnamese workers who previously worked in South Korea and Japan exchanged job information with foreign-invested enterprises at a job fair for returning EPS workers and IM Japan trainees. (Illustrative photo: Hanoi Employment Service Center)

Skilled workers returning from overseas employment always have ample job opportunities.

According to Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Tien Hai, a new feature of the amended Law on Vietnamese Workers Working Abroad under Contract, recently passed by the National Assembly, is its focus on effectively utilizing the workforce after their return to the country, particularly through connecting them with jobs that match their accumulated experience and skills, thus creating an efficient labor cycle.

In practice, many migrant workers, after returning to their home country, have established businesses, creating jobs for hundreds or thousands of workers. Some even produce goods for export to the very companies where they previously worked abroad.

Furthermore, with the return of a highly skilled workforce from overseas employment, job opportunities are always abundant, as foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) are in great need of high-quality personnel with good foreign language skills.

Therefore, in Hanoi, job fairs for workers returning from South Korea and Japan are regularly organized to meet the needs of workers seeking suitable employment as well as the manpower needs of businesses, especially FDI enterprises.

For example, a job fair for workers returning from the EPS and IM Japan programs, recently held in Hanoi in July 2026, attracted 54 businesses offering nearly 1,900 job openings in positions such as: technicians, interpreters, production managers, office staff, etc.

According to Nguyen Tay Nam, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Internal Affairs, the specialized job fairs have initially proven effective in connecting labor supply and demand. However, Mr. Nam pointed out that this result only partially meets the market's needs. Many returning workers still have to find jobs on their own, while many businesses lack the information to access skilled labor.

Every year, thousands of workers in Hanoi return home after completing their overseas employment contracts. They all possess skills, foreign language proficiency, a professional work ethic, and experience working in a modern environment.

After nearly 10 years working in Japan in the mechanical engineering field, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Phong (Noi Bai commune, Hanoi) completed his contract and returned home, finding a job related to his profession and accumulated experience. At a job fair specifically for returning migrant workers, he secured a production manager position at Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd. with a salary of 15 million VND per month.

“Thanks to my foreign language skills and experience working in a modern environment, I was hired by Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Thang Long Industrial Park. I am very satisfied with the salary and working environment,” Phong happily stated.

It's not uncommon to see workers like Mr. Phong quickly find jobs after returning home from working abroad. Regarding this issue, Mr. Nguyen Tay Nam added that the City's Employment Service Center organizes job fairs specifically for returning workers from overseas to create opportunities for them to find employment and secure income.

For example, recently, the Bac Ninh Employment Service Center, Branch 2, in coordination with the Center for Overseas Labor (Ministry of Interior), organized the "Job Fair for Vietnamese workers who returned from working in South Korea (EPS) and Japan (IM Japan) in 2026".

This highly skilled workforce has attracted significant recruitment efforts from 17 South Korean and Japanese-invested enterprises both within and outside the province, creating thousands of job opportunities in fields such as electronics manufacturing, mechanics, processing, and logistics, along with approximately 300 job seekers.

Here, businesses directly introduce their working environment, salaries, and benefits. Many workers who have returned from working abroad have been offered jobs by businesses immediately after interviews, opening up opportunities to quickly return to the labor market in suitable positions.

A large number of returning workers from overseas attended and sought employment at the job fair for workers returning from South Korea and Japan. Photo: Hanoi Employment Service Center.

Providing job placement services for returning workers is a crucial solution.

However, the number of skilled workers returning home and finding suitable jobs remains low, while businesses are "thirsty" for quality human resources.

Therefore, business representatives earnestly hope that the Ministry of Interior and local authorities can create a better database and source of information so that employment service businesses and businesses directly employing workers can both recruit this workforce and provide immediate employment and income for returning workers, avoiding waste.

According to Vu Thi Cuong, Deputy Head of Human Resources Recruitment at Seojin Texon Group, in addition to many positive results, "the lack of a strong connection mechanism between employees and businesses is a major difficulty in our recruitment process."

To achieve this, in addition to perfecting the legal framework and policy mechanisms to support migrant workers, businesses believe that the Ministry of Interior and local authorities need to build a database of returning workers, regularly updated so that businesses and employment service centers can utilize it, connect with the labor market, and provide sustainable employment for workers.

Businesses' aspirations are gradually being realized in a transparent and professional manner with the launch of the National Job Exchange in April 2026, marking the first digital platform connecting workers, businesses, employment service organizations, and state management agencies nationwide.

The platform has referenced international models and is connected to various data systems of the Ministry of Interior and the national population database of the Ministry of Public Security . Therefore, to have a database on human resources, an effective supply-demand connection is gradually being formed.

According to Nguyen Hai Minh, Vice President of the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Vietnam, a well-developed national job exchange can play a groundbreaking role as a crucial infrastructure for the labor market. This infrastructure will help connect labor supply and demand effectively, making it easier for businesses and workers to "find each other".

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Van Hoi emphasized that supporting and introducing jobs for returning migrant workers is one of the important and humane solutions clearly stated in Directive No. 20-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee on strengthening the Party's leadership over the work of sending Vietnamese workers abroad in the new situation.

Supporting returning migrant workers is not only a social welfare policy but also a solution for developing high-quality human resources. When the "bottlenecks" in connecting labor supply and demand are removed, returning workers from abroad will have more opportunities to find jobs and utilize their professional skills, contributing to increased labor productivity and the competitiveness of the economy.

Labor export is only truly complete when it becomes a continuous cycle, where the money accumulated abroad can help a family overcome difficulties, but it is the knowledge, skills, and supportive policies upon return that provide lasting support. Only then, for the workers, this is truly a journey back to take control of their future and build their homeland.

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