Thua Thien-Hue, Japanese locality cooperate on healthcare
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of healthcare was signed between the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and the Japanese city of Yokohama on July 26.
ThuaThien- Hue (VNA) - A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperationin the field of healthcare was signed between the central province of ThuaThien-Hue and the Japanese city of Yokohama on July 26.
The signatories were the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids, and SocialAffairs; the Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy; the Hue Medical College; andYokohama’s Department of Medicine and Social Welfare.
Under the MoU, Thua Thien-Hue province will support the sending of workers andstudents from health-specialised and medical care universities and colleges andvocational training schools in the locality to Yokohama to pursue study, jointraining courses, and work in the field of healthcare.
Thosecoming to Yokohama will also be supported by the host city’s authorities. Theywill be trained within two years, then receiving certificates of welfare workersand long-term working visas in Yokohama.
Thua Thien-Hue and Yokohama hold friendship and cooperation in many spheres suchas human resources training, science and technology transfer, and sustainable watermanagement.
Notably, with the support of Yokohama authorities and the funding of the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA), the two localities jointly implementedfive cooperation projects, bringing practical benefits to the water supply industryof the Vietnamese’s locality. Many staff working in the water supply sector ofThua Thien-Hue have been trained in Japan. –VNA
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