NDO - The Vietnam Association of Manpower Supply (VAMAS) and Japan’s Association for foreign human resource development has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on improving the quality of human resources and protecting the rights of Vietnamese workers in Japan.

The MoC was signed within the framework of the recent visit to Japan by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 22-25. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Ba Hoan also worked with the Organisation for Technical Intern Training (OTIT), International Manpower Development Organisation (IM Japan), and the Japanese Ministry of Justice on specific skilled worker programmes, while visiting the Vietnamese Labour Management Section in Japan.

The signing and implementation of the MoC will contribute to improving the quality of Vietnamese trainees and employees and streamlining both the sending and receiving of Vietnamese trainees and workers to Japan. The MoC also helps protect and increase the interests of Vietnamese interns and workers studying and working in the country.

The total number of Vietnamese workers sent abroad was 43,584 in the first 10 months of this year, reaching about 48% of the year’s plan. In which, the Japanese market received nearly 19,200 workers from Vietnam.

Vietnam expects to send 90,000 workers abroad under labour contracts in 2021.