Ha Xuan Tung (sitting, right), Director of the Centre for Overseas Labour under
the MoLISA, and Takeshima Tenmi (sitting, left), Chairman of Osaka Medical Care
Association on July 16 this year signed an agreement on dispatching Vietnamese
nursing trainees to intern in Japan (Photo: VNA)
A total of 240 workers will be chosen to work in Japanese hospitals this year,
the Department
of Overseas Labour (DoLAB)
under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
(MoLISA)
has announced.
Applicants will spend a year learning Japanese in training courses organized by
the MoLISA and its Japanese partner.
During the course, trainees can also enjoy free-of-charge accommodation, meals
and pocket money.
Those who pass the exam will be offered work in Japan’s
health sector as
orderlies and nurses.
Applicants for hospital orderlies will stay in Japan for three years and nurses
for four years.
Both professions offer staff the chance to gain recognized qualifications and
nurses will be paid 130,000-140,000 Japanese Yen (1,200-1,300 USD) per month and
orderlies 140,000-150,000 Japanese Yen (1,300-1,388 USD) per month.
Besides salary, the applicants will receive allowance based on their work
achievement.
Applicant documents can be sent to the DoLAB at No 41B, Ly Thai To street, Hoan
Kiem district in Hanoi from October 1-18 this year.
An exam to choose applicants will be organized on November 7 and 8 in Hanoi and
November 11 and 12 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Applicants must be no more than 35 years old and have qualifications for the
speciality.
Source: VNA