HIV and Migration Country Profile 2009: Vietnam

Exporting migrant workers is part of the Vietnamese government’s mandate, with a target of 75,000 workers per year, increasing to 100,000 by 2010. In 2006, Vietnam sent out 78,855 migrant workers, 35% of whom were female. Currently, there are 3.2 million Vietnamese living abroad permanently, and 500,000 Vietnamese migrant workers working in over 40 different countries under time‐limited labor contracts.