YANGON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have sent a total of 17,859 migrant workers to work abroad in March this year, according to a release from the Information Ministry Wednesday.

Of them, 15,881 workers were sent to Thailand while 1,010 to Malaysia, 713 to South Korea, 136 to Japan and other 119 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, Singapore and Qatar.

Meanwhile, the country offered local employment to 15,003 workers last month.

Aiming to increase the income of each and every worker, the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population has been making efforts to offer job opportunities for workers both at home and abroad via the new online labor exchange management system.