Vietnamese workers growing in numbers, contributing to Taiwan’s economy, as island seeks labour

[Viet]

• There are around 240,000 Vietnamese migrants in Taiwan without citizenship, while roughly 170,000 more have gained the right to stay, often through marriage
• This week, Taiwan said it needs 52,000 more workers by October to sustain its post-pandemic recovery

Chen Shih-hua moved from Vietnam to Taiwan more than 10 years ago after marrying a local man. Five months ago, she opened a rice noodle restaurant near a Taipei night market, underlining a stronger role for Vietnamese in the island’s economy.

The 50-year-old fills her eatery during weekday lunch hours by dangling three kinds of Vietnamese vermicelli noodles known as he-fen, and their popularity keeps her restaurant competitive against a Vietnamese diner two blocks away, she said.

“Why open the restaurant? I had liked to cook – and I’m really busy,” Chen Shih-hua said as she turned back to her double-digit lunch crowd spread across 10 tables.

In the lanes of apartment blocks nearby, Vietnamese migrants can be found pushing wheelchairs and running errands for the elderly, while tens of thousands more work on Taiwan’s factory production lines. They also turn up on fishing crews and construction sites. And if they do not own the restaurants, they might serve the food.

Vietnamese are growing in numbers in Taiwan, and they are credited with accepting a wider range of jobs compared to other migrant groups, or even Taiwanese themselves.

“Taiwanese people don’t want to do this work,” said lawmaker and economist Chen I-hsin.

This week, a Ministry of Labour survey showed employers will need 52,000 more workers by October to sustain the post-pandemic recovery of the US$820 billion-plus economy.

Help wanted: Vietnamese see Taiwan as land of opportunity as island seeks labour

Around 240,000 Vietnamese migrants in Taiwan without citizenship are playing an increasingly greater role in its economy, as the island seeks to attract more overseas labour to boost its workforce.

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[REhorror]

LOL Vietnamese is now everywhere.

 

[Viet]

LOL Vietnamese is now everywhere.

Viet people are much like the Jews.

We go there where milk and honey are in abundance.

 

[REhorror]

Viet people are much like the Jews.

We go there where milk and honey are in abundance.

Oh not this again.

I really hate every times an asian race is compared with jews, japanese, chinese and now vietnamese.
So sick of it, no, we aren't like jews.

 

[Song Hong]

Taiwanese boy and girls fk a lot but they dont procreate.

 

[KAL-EL]

Taiwanese boy and girls fk a lot but they dont procreate.

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