Japanese train Vietnamese nurses
November 28, Department of Management of Overseas Labor [Labor and Social Affairs] held the opening ceremony of the Japanese language training for 150 nurses, nurse under VJEPA program.

150 nurses will be teaching Japanese before coming to Japan to work. Japan will support the entire cost of the course fees, accommodation, living expenses for the candidates. The Japanese teachers from the School of ARC Academy Japanese (Japan).

Under this program, Japan will invest 427 million yen (approximately U.S. $ 6 million) to support Vietnamese candidates nursing training.

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Tanizaki Yasuaki Japan said that Japan is frequent shortage of 50,000 nurses. In addition, Japan is one of the countries with the most rapid population aging in the world, estimated over the next 10 years will need to from 400000-600000 nurse care of elderly people. So Japan needs are recruiting nurses from Vietnam to Japan to work. "