COVID-19: Vietnam, Japan work to protect health of Vietnamese trainees

The Vietnamese Labourers Management Board in Japan has been working closely with Japanese authorities to protect the health of Vietnamese trainees in the context of the complicated developments of the acute respiratory illness COVID-19.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Labourers ManagementBoard in Japan has been working closely with Japanese authorities to protect thehealth of Vietnamese trainees in the context of the complicated developments ofthe acute respiratory disease COVID-19.

In an interview recently granted to the Vietnam News Agency,chief representative of the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs in Japan Phan Tien Hoang said immediately after the COVID-19 broke out,the board held a working session with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labourand Welfare (MHLW) on the issue.

The board asked the MHLW to instruct organisations andemployers to guide Vietnamese trainees in disease prevention measures.

The board has since held many more working sessions with theMHLW to get updated about the Japanese government’s measures against theepidemic.

It proposed Japanese ministries and agencies consideroffering support to Vietnamese trainees, especially those with limited Japaneseproficiency, and provide a list of medical establishments with language assistanceto Vietnamese patients.

The board also contacted many trainees to grasp thesituation and remind them to seriously follow instructions by the hostauthorities.

With such drastic actions, Hoang affirmed that no Vietnamesetrainees have been infected with the virus so far.

According to the Japanese government’s statistics, there areabout 250,000 Vietnamese workers in Japan at present, including about 200,000 traineesand 50,000 white collar workers with college or higher degrees./.
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