Viet Nam's first IOM–supported Migrant Resource Centre (MRC)
will open in Ha Noi today.

The pilot scheme will provide information and support services
to intending and returning Vietnamese migrant workers to reduce the
risks and maximize the benefits of their employment and life
abroad.

In 2011 more than 80,000 Vietnamese migrant workers travelled
abroad for work through organized labour schemes. Thousands of
others left independently and there are currently an estimated
500,000 Vietnamese workers in over 40 countries.

"Migrant workers need reliable and accurate information and
adequate support services to make their migration a success for
themselves, their families left behind and the broader development
of Viet Nam," says IOM Viet Nam Chief of Mission Florian
Forster.

Co-financed by IOM's Development Fund, the project will be
implemented by the Department of Overseas Labour, a part of the
Ministry of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs, in cooperation with
the Vietnam Women’s Union and IOM.

It will focus on developing and delivering direct information
services to migrants, supplemented by targeted outreach and
awareness-raising activities in areas of high emigration in Viet
Nam.

The project will also foster the exchange of good practices in
providing comprehensive migrant support services between Viet Nam
and other Asian countries.

The MRC is located at:

DOLAB building, 1st Floor, 41 B Ly Thai To,

Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi City

Viet Nam

Tel: (84) 4 3936 6633

Email: hotrolaodongngoainuoc@gmail.com

For more information please contact 

Florian Forster

IOM Viet Nam

Tel: +84 9 03450196

Email: "mailto:fforster@iom.int">fforster@iom.int