(VOV) – Disadvantaged Vietnamese youth will have the chance to complete training courses in Japan with sponsorship to continue their strides back home.
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The agreement was recently reached between the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the Japanese International Manpower Development Organisation (IM Japan)
Junior high school graduates and youths aged between18 to 25 who are children of disadvantaged families or social welfare recipients will have their Japanese Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) fees waived.
Opportunity to escape poverty
Overseas Labour Management Department Chief Nguyen Ngoc Quynh says they only have to cover their accommodation and meals while attending a six month training course prior to their departure from Vietnam.
After completing a three-year training course in Japan they will be given 600,000 Yen each to reintegrate into the Vietnamese workforce and 200,000 Yen to build their career, as well as a list of Japanese business contacts who need Vietnamese employees.
A prerequisite for participants in the program is that they must have at least senior-high school education or even higher. It is quite hard on most disadvantaged Vietnamese youths in rural and mountainous areas, Quynh says.
Against this backdrop, IM Japan has established a human resources training fund in the hope of raising 15 million Yen for its training of disadvantaged Vietnamese youths.
Human resources training
MoLISA Deputy Minister Nguyen ThanhHoa says due to a shortage of skilled workers many Japanese businesses prefer employing young Vietnamese who have undergone training in Japan.
According to a MoLISA study, workers coming back from Japan obey labour contracts more assiduously than those apprenticing in other foreign countries. Around 7.41 percent of workers returning from Japan try to advance their career compared to 0.48 percent of those from the Republic of Korea, 1.04 percent of those from Taiwan, and 1.52 percent of those from Malaysia.
Workers returning from Japan also earn higher and more reliable incomes.
The average monthly salary for workers returning to Vietnam from other countries is VND1-3 million. But 46.71 percent of workers returning from Japan earn VND3-10 million per month.
Vietnam has officially sent trainees to Japan since 1992. Around 18,000 Vietnamese trainees are currently working in Japan.
Under the latest agreement Japan is ready to receive more Vietnamese trainees. But this is just one of new opportunities opening up for disadvantaged Vietnamese youths to weather the storm in the global economic crisis.
Đăng ký: VietNam News