Finland will attract more migrant workers from Vietnam. The Scandinavian country identified Brazil, India, Vietnam and Turkey as four special target countries to attract immigrants.
Finland will send “talent advisors” to the four countries mentioned above, where partnerships will be set up for recruitment in different sectors, Finland’s Ministry of Economics and Employment (MEAE) migration director Sonja Hammainen said at a press conference on Nov. 30.
According to MEAE, Finland wants to attract a doubling of immigrants in terms of employment between now and 2030. In healthcare, the number of foreign workers could account for about 10% of Finland’s human resources over the next 10 years.
Figures from the UN show that for every 100 employees in Finland, there are more than 39 over 65s. With this ratio, Finland only lags behind Japan in aging. By 2030, the percentage of workers over the age of 65 is expected to make up 47.5% of the country’s population.
To achieve the goal of attracting 50,000 immigrants in Finland by 2030 and 250,000 by 2050, MEAE implemented the recruitment program called “Talent Boost Program” to attract experts and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley (USA) and from New Delhi (India) . . However, the results were not as expected. That program only attracted immigrants from India. So far, 5,800 Indians have been granted permits to reside in Finland under this program. MEAE acknowledged that Finland’s attractiveness for highly skilled international experts has so far been relatively low.
Earlier, on October 26, Mr. Keijo Norvanto, the Finnish ambassador to Vietnam, met with Mr. Le Tan Dung, Deputy Minister of Labour, War Disabled and Social Affairs of Vietnam to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the field of vocational education. During the meeting, Mr. Keijo Norvanto that Finland has a labor shortage, especially in agriculture, health care… So it is necessary for the Nordic nation to recruit foreign workers, including Vietnamese workers.
Sources: Sandasia/Xinhua/VnEconomy.
