Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung on Thursday visited Osaka Healthcare Association and Vietnamese nursing staff during his ongoing visit to Japan.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung visits Vietnamese nursing staff in Japan on September 8.
Minister Dung met with the Chairman of the Osaka Healthcare Association, Takeshima Tenmi, directors of some local enterprises, and 14 Vietnamese trainee nurses.
Speaking at the meeting, Takeshima Tenmi highlighted the achievements made after three years of co-operation between the Osaka Healthcare Association and the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
"The programme has sent the first Vietnamese nurse trainees to work here, who are doing their work well," he said. "To receive more in the coming time, we have just built a hostel and created various facilities to help Vietnamese trainees adapt better to Japanese life and culture."
At the meeting, Minister Dung said he highly appreciated the co-operation with the Japanese partner in welcoming Vietnamese staff to Japan.
"Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, we tried to send the first 14 trainee nurses to Japan early this year," Minister Dung said. "This is a non-profit progamme that only recruits female workers and we will try to ensure that it will bring good opportunities to improve their lives."
The Vietnamese delegation also visited a nursing home in Osaka City.
The delegation had a working session with Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato in Tokyo on September 5, suggesting that the Japanese side consider the exemption of residence tax and income tax for Vietnamese interns.
On September 6, they had a working session with Japanese Minister of Justice Hanashi Yasuhiro to discuss measures to further increase the number of Vietnamese workers in Japan, improve their working conditions and minimise illegal overstaying by Vietnamese nationals.