First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy Ishii Chikahisa speaks at the workshop. (Photo: VNA) At the event, the Japanese side introduced Japan’s policy on migrant worker recruitmentand a technical project being implemented by JICA and competent agencies ofVietnam to improve the transparency of the programme to dispatching labourers overseas.
According to First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy Ishii Chikahisa, Japan hasgreat demand for workers in the fields of food and beverage production,construction, manufacturing, electronic information, automobile maintenance,and shipbuilding industry, among others.
He said Vietnamese workers have an important role to play in the Japanese economy,adding some 500,000 Vietnamese are working in Japan, increasing eight folds inten years.
Although Vietnameselabourers are known for their industriousness, they need to join technicalintern training to improve their language competence and vocational skills, headded.
Nagata Yuki from Japan’s department of immigration and residency managementsaid that the Japanese government has submitted a new policy to receive foreignworkers, including those from Vietnam, to the diet for approval.
When thepolicy takes effect, it will prioritise ensuring foreign workers’ rights and creating promotion opportunities for them, so that they will feel secure whenliving in the country, he said.
Meanwhile, JICA Vietnam Deputy Chief Kubo Yoshitomosaid the new policy is significant to Japan, which is getting greyer, asit will help the country ease the labour shortage pressure for nationaldevelopment./.
VNA
