Vietnam-Japan human resource cooperation useful
Minister
of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen made the
remarks at a workshop on promoting investment in Vietnam and
recruitment of Vietnamese apprentices held in Tokyo on October 18.
The
minister highlighted a joint programmes between her ministry and
Japan’s international human resources development organisation (IM
Japan) which has helped bring 1,232 Vietnamese to Japan for
industrial technical training.
The two countries
have also inked an agreements on sending Vietnamese nurses and orderlies
to work in Japan under the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership
Agreement and another on training poor Vietnamese youth to meet Japanese
enterprises’ recruitment requirements.
IM Japan Chairman Kyoei
Yanagisawa said the workshop is an opportunity for Japanese businesses
to have an insight into Vietnam’s potential human resource market and
promote cooperation in the field between the two countries.
The
workshop drew representatives from 244 Japanese businesses, 70 percent
of which are considering investment in Vietnam and 10 percent are
interested in receiving Vietnamese apprentices.-VNA