The guests revealed that Japan has highdemand for nurses due to the growing elderly population in the country.
According to Kashimoto, head of the IkiiKiKansocial welfare centre in Okayama prefecture, Vietnamese students who want tostudy and work in Japan have to graduate in nursing and speak some Japanese.
When learning and working at nursing homesin Japan, Vietnamese trainees can take Japan’s national nursing examination,which will qualify them to work at nursing facilities in Vietnam.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Lu Quang Ngoi pledged to work with Japanese partnersin training and selecting candidates.
He proposed Japanese partners provideequipment for the province’s schools, hospitals and social welfare centres toincrease the quality of health care for the elderly and help local students getaccustomed to advanced technology.
The Japanese delegation also presented somehealthcare equipment for the elderly such as wheelchairs, sphygmomanometers andauto bathtubs.-VNA