At the meeting (Photo: VNA)Tokyo (VNA) - Japanese Minister ofHealth, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato affirmed his country’s pledge tosupport and protect Vietnamese interns in the country while meeting withVietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam in Tokyo on August 11.
He said that under Japan’s labour law, foreign internsare the equal of Japanese workers and pay premiums so also benefit fromunemployment insurance.
If Vietnamese interns are unable to continuetheir job, the Japanese Government will provide support to them, he said,noting that his ministry has carried out a number of measures to assist internsrecently made jobless by COVID-19, such as setting up the Organisation for TechnicalIntern Training and an advisory hotline in the Vietnamese language.
To enhance coordination between the twocountries’ agencies in managing and supporting Vietnamese interns, Katosuggested a hotline be established between his ministry and the VietnameseEmbassy.
For his part, Nam agreed with his host about thehotline and expressed a willingness to cooperate with the ministry to address anyissues relating to Vietnamese interns in a timely manner.
He also thanked the Japanese Government and the ministryfor assisting Vietnamese people in the country amid the COVID-19 outbreak, byproviding aid in cash to Vietnamese workers, supporting the treatment ofVietnamese infected with COVID-19, and allowing interns with expired labourcontracts to continue working pending repatriation flights.
The Vietnamese Embassy is operating fourhotlines around the clock to receive information and help any Vietnamesecitizens affected by the pandemic, the diplomat added.
Data from the ministry in October 2019 showedthat there were over 401,300 Vietnamese working in the country, accounting for 24.2percent of all foreign workers and making Vietnam the second-largest source offoreign labour. About half were technical interns./.
He said that under Japan’s labour law, foreign internsare the equal of Japanese workers and pay premiums so also benefit fromunemployment insurance.
If Vietnamese interns are unable to continuetheir job, the Japanese Government will provide support to them, he said,noting that his ministry has carried out a number of measures to assist internsrecently made jobless by COVID-19, such as setting up the Organisation for TechnicalIntern Training and an advisory hotline in the Vietnamese language.
To enhance coordination between the twocountries’ agencies in managing and supporting Vietnamese interns, Katosuggested a hotline be established between his ministry and the VietnameseEmbassy.
For his part, Nam agreed with his host about thehotline and expressed a willingness to cooperate with the ministry to address anyissues relating to Vietnamese interns in a timely manner.
He also thanked the Japanese Government and the ministryfor assisting Vietnamese people in the country amid the COVID-19 outbreak, byproviding aid in cash to Vietnamese workers, supporting the treatment ofVietnamese infected with COVID-19, and allowing interns with expired labourcontracts to continue working pending repatriation flights.
The Vietnamese Embassy is operating fourhotlines around the clock to receive information and help any Vietnamesecitizens affected by the pandemic, the diplomat added.
Data from the ministry in October 2019 showedthat there were over 401,300 Vietnamese working in the country, accounting for 24.2percent of all foreign workers and making Vietnam the second-largest source offoreign labour. About half were technical interns./.
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