Vietnam, Japan sign cooperation deal on orderly training
Vietnamese orderly apprentices will receive free Japanese language and professional training courses before working in Japan as stipulated under an MoC signed between the two countries on August 3.
Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnamese orderly apprentices will receive freeJapanese language and professional training courses before working in Japan asstipulated under a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signedbetween the two countries on August 3.
The MoU was inked between the Department of Overseas Labour under theVietnamese Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), andthe Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s Social Welfare and WarVictims’ Relief Bureau on the occasion of Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep’s visitto the East Asian country.
Under the deal, the Japanese side has to ensure that Vietnamese orderlyapprentices will pass the exam after their first training year.
According to Diep, the MoLISA earlier asked its Department of Overseas Labourto conduct negotiation with the Japanese Social Welfare and War Victims’ ReliefBureau on the regulations on sending and receiving Vietnamese orderlies,ensuring that they must be made in compliance with the laws of both nations.
Surveying some healthcare stations in Japan, who have high demand fororderlies, he believed that this apprentice training programme will soon proveefficiency.
Signing the MoU with Vietnam is part of Japan’s moves to concretise its new regulationson foreign workers, which was officially announced on July 29. Accordingly,orderly was added to the list of sectors that receive foreign apprentices for furthertraining in three years in the country.
As Japan has been experiencing a serious shortage of workers in healthcare andagriculture, the country has to extend sectors receiving foreign trainees aswell as extend apprentice times from three to five years, depending on specificconditions.
This is an opportunity for Vietnam to expand labour export markets, especiallyin the context that both countries are enjoying sound bilateral relations.-VNA
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At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
