Vietnam-German pilot project on nurse training successful

A pilot project of Germany on training Vietnamese nurses has proved effective, as heard a seminar reviewing the project recently held by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin.
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Berlin (VNA) – A pilot project of Germany ontraining Vietnamese nurses has proved effective, as heard a seminar reviewingthe project recently held by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairsand Energy in Berlin.

Conducted by the German Development Cooperation Agency(GIZ), the project has trained 200 Vietnamese nurses since 2012, over half ofthem have completed the course and received working permits in Germany.

Over 95 percent of German training establishments involvedin the training programme spoke highly of Vietnamese trainees’ diligence andexpressed wish to welcome more from Vietnam.

As Germany is facing rapid population aging, its governmentset the target of training and recruiting 8,000 – 13,000 nurses between now and2021 at home or those from the third countries, including Vietnam.

Minister Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embasssy in GermanyNguyen Huu Trang highlighted cooperation opportunities between Vietnam andGermany, especially in labour training and exchange.

According to him, Vietnam now has a golden populationstructure with over 63 million people in working age, or 68.7 percent of thepopulation.

During their Vietnam visits this year, leaders of Germanstates of Hamburg, Bremen, Rheinland Pflaz and Mecklenburg Vorpommern proposedboosting labour and vocational training cooperation with Vietnam, includingtraining nurses.

Trang took the occasion to ask Germany to simplifyimmigration procedures, especially for Vietnamese trainees.

Vietnam now has agreements on training and employment of skilledworkers with over 10 countries and territories, including Japan, the Republicof Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan (China), Australia, Belgium.

More than 53,000 Vietnamese workers are working in 37countries and territories worldwide.-VNA
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