The HCM City University of Food Industry is carrying out a two and a half year training college-level programme on professional academic knowledge, Japanese language and culture, and workplace skills for Japanese businesses for students who will work in Japan and return to Vietnam for a bachelor’s degree (Photo courtesy of the university) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Many collegesand universities are offering courses and college-level programmes in foreignlanguages, culture and academic subjects for students who plan to work abroad.
The Ho Chi Minh City University of FoodIndustry, for instance, is carrying out a two and a half year programme thatincludes courses in the student’s major, training in Japanese language andculture, and workplace skills for Japan’s business culture.
The students graduating from the programme wouldreceive a college-level degree (not a university diploma) and work in Japan,said Pham Thai Son, director of the university’s Centre for Enrollment andCommunication, at a conference on improving the quality of guest workers inforeign countries.
The conference was organised on November 13by Tien Phong (Vanguard)newspaper in cooperation with the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, at HCM City’s VanHien University.
The HCM City University of Food Industry thisyear has enrolled students in its departments of food processing technology,food technology, seafood processing technology, mechanical engineering,industrial electronics and electricity.
After graduating from the two and a half yearprogramme and working in Japan, the students will return to study for abachelor’s degree and learn management skills.
“The programme aims to train high quality humanresources who will return to Vietnam,” Son said.
Duong Thi Thu Cuc, of the Sai Gon InternationalService Company Ltd, said that compared to the past, Japanese enterprises hadnow lowered recruitment criteria and would accept college and vocational schoolgraduates.
“Japanese enterprises need many Vietnameseworkers, including in technology and nursing,” Cuc said, adding that nursescould work for a long time in the country.
"When guest workers in Japan return to Vietnam,they will be able to get jobs as translators and other positions at Japanesecompanies at a salary at least 30 per cent higher than Vietnamese employees whodo the same job," Cuc said.
They also could work as a Japanese teacher forcompanies providing services relating to work overseas.
The Van Hien University is also cooperating withforeign universities and enterprises to create conditions for its students tohave internships abroad for three to 12 months.
Tran Thi Van Ha of the Department of OverseasLabour said that many Vietnamese work in Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, andJapan.
The department is expanding the guest workermarket to the Middle East and Europe, Ha said.
As of October, 120,000 Vietnamese workers hadbeen sent this year to other countries, an increase of 20 percent compared tothe same period last year.
Last year, Vietnam had 135,000 guest workers inother countries, higher than in the previous five years.
Ha said the quality of guest workers wasbecoming better. The rate of trained guest workers rose from 35 percent in 2016to 65 percent this year.-VNS/VNA
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