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Japan extends Vietnamese nurses’ stay by one year

Vietnamese trainee nurses and caregivers, coming to Japan in fiscal 2014 and 2015 under the two countries’ Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), are now allowed to stay an additional year.
Japan extends Vietnamese nurses’ stay by one year ảnh 1Vietnamese nurses attend a Japanese training course (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnamese trainee nurses and caregivers,coming to Japan in fiscal 2014 and 2015 under the two countries’ EconomicPartnership Agreement (EPA), are now allowed to stay an additional year.

The decision, released by the Japanese Ministry of ForeignAffairs on February 3, aims to give them another chance to sit for nationalqualification exams to work in Japan.

The one-year stay extension is also applied to EPA-basedPhilippine and Indonesian trainee nurses and caregivers, who entered Japanduring the same period, and who have achieved a certain score in the exams,without yet passing.

Under the EPA, the duration of stay for trainee nurses andcaregivers is three and four years, respectively. Candidates arrive in Japanand take training before taking the qualification exams.

Passing the national examinations enables them to enjoyequal salaries and bonuses as their Japanese peers.

Japanhas been accepting trainee nurses and caregivers from Vietnam since 2014.Currently, there are 53 nurses and 417 care workers from Vietnam working inJapan.-VNA 
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