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This is the third round of recruitment for the programme which is co-organised by MoLISA and the Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organisation (IM Japan). Candidates aged between 18-30 can apply for the programme if they meet the requirements including having high school graduation certificates or higher; are at least 1.58 metres tall; do not have tattoos, no disabilities, and have good eyesight.
Candidates should also have no criminal record nor have participated in any work programme in Japan before. Accepted applicants will attend a six-month Japanese course before flying to Japan.
Workers will have to pay between VND28-38 million for fees and accomodation. And they will get a monthly salary of between VND18-20 million. After completing the programme, trainees with three-year contracts will receive VND 120 million and those with five-year contracts get a VND 200 million from IM Japan. In addition, they will also receive an insurance payment of VND 80 million and assistance to find a suitable job in Vietnam.
Japan is a favourite destination for Vietnamese workers. In recent years, the number of Vietnamese labourers sent to Japan accounts for 50 percent of the total workers working abroad every year. Moreover, this is one of the markets with the best working conditions and incomes.
Vietnam sends workers to Japan through five channels: technical internship training programme; programmes to send nurse and caregiver candidates to Japan to work under the Japanese-Vietnamese Economic Partnership Agreement; specific-skilled labour programmes; technical labour and interpreter programmes; and construction and shipbuilding worker programmes.
This year, the country plans to send 90,000 workers abroad and Japan remains the top destination, with approximately 60,000 people, primarily trainees, followed by Taiwan with nearly 13,000 people, South Korea with 7,000 and other countries such as Australia and Canada with fewer applicants.
