Japan to receive Vietnamese nurses, hospital orderlies

ME - Japan will set aside an amount of money from its 2012 state budget for the training of Japanese language training for Vietnamese nurses and hospital orderlies who will come to the country for working.

It was the result of the negotiation on labor movement, which was part of the Việt Nam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, said Director of the Overseas Labor Management Department (Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs) Nguyễn Ngọc Quỳnh.

Qualified nurses will work in Japan for 3 years and hospital orderlies, 4 years.

Japan has also agreed to receive Vietnamese hospital orderlies who graduated from nursing training schools and undergo additional training as required.

Việt Nam is the 3rd country, after Indonesia and the Philippines, whose nurses and hospital orderlies are received by Japan.