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JICA helps HCM City train human resources for industries

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has funded a human resource training programme in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to help the southern largest economic hub improve the quality of industrial production.
JICA helps HCM City train human resources for industries ảnh 1JICA helps HCM City train human resources for industries - Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
HCMCity (VNA) – The Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA) has funded a human resource training programmein Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to help the southern largest economic hub improvethe quality of industrial production.

The programme, jointly implemented by the Asia Technical Cooperation Network (ATCN),the Ho Chi Minh City ExportProcessing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) and Tri Dung BusinessSchool, officially started on July 11.

Thefour-year programme will include five courses in Vietnam and one practicaltraining course in Japan for nearly 400 trainees, who are technical workers,engineers, enterprise managers operating in key industries, and lecturers ofvocational schools in the city.

Accordingto Pham Huy Thong,  deputy head of HEPZA,trainees will be provided with knowledge of applied techniques, problem-solvingskills, Japan’s Kaizen thinking (continualimprovement), which are hoped to better production quality and investmenteffectiveness in businesses, especially in small- and medium-sized enterprises.

They will also have access to production lines and learn about managementexperience in Vietnamese enterprises and Japanese firms operating in Vietnam.

Japanese Consul General in HCM City Kawaue Junichi said the programme is ofsignificance in cooperative relations between Vietnam and Japan. The JapaneseConsulate General is always willing to support human resource development in HCMCity in particular and Vietnam in general, he stressed. 

Earlythis year, the first course of this kind was organised for 68 trainees from 36units operating in rubber, plastic, food processing, and mechanic industries.-VNA
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