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VietNamNet Bridge – An estimated 700-800 Vietnamese people working illegally in Saudi Arabia may benefit from a general amnesty issued by the country's government, the Department of Overseas Labour said.

Farmers in the Northern Territory are hopeful of convincing the Federal Department of Immigration to release Vietnamese asylum seekers from detention to work on properties near Darwin.

The government has always been keen to export labor since it meant providing jobs for more people, jobs that could not be generated at home, but a failure to properly manage the system is coming home to roost.

The official Government website on Friday, April 5, held a Q&A session where the issue of overseas labour was put into the spotlight.

ILO in Vietnam has called on Vietnamese trade unions to take a more active role in protecting migrant workers overseas given the volume is expected to increase over coming years.

Phan Van Minh, director of the Overseas Workers Center, under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said that 25,113 Vietnamese workers, whose labor contracts had expired earlier, will return to work in the Republic of Korea (RoK) this year.

According to Minh, the amount of money sent home by overseas Vietnamese over the years has contributed significantly to the economy.

Dao Cong Hai, Deputy Head of the Overseas Workers Management Agency, an arm of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), said Vietnam plans to send 8,000-9,000 workers abroad in 2013 after sending 7,000 workers in 2012.