Vietnamese to fill labour shortage in construction

Hundreds of Vietnamese workers are expected to come to the Czech Republic to fill a labour shortage in the building industry. The workers will be recruited by job agencies, which have signed a contract with the Czech Republic’s Association of Building Entrepreneurs. The workers heading to the Czech Republic will receive a special training, including Czech language lessons.

Vietnam is becoming an important labour source for the Czech Republic. While at the end of last year about 5,400 Vietnamese were employed in the Czech Republic legally, in the first six months of this year nearly 11,000 arrived to work in the country.