Vietnamese workers see great opportunities in Japan
The Vietnam-Japan partnership has grown steadily, especially in labour cooperation, which has created great chances for Vietnamese labourers to seek jobs or study opportunities in Japan.
Hanoi(VNA) – The Vietnam-Japan partnership has grown steadily, especially in labourcooperation, which has created great chances for Vietnamese labourers to seek jobsor study opportunities in Japan.
According to Japan’s Ministryof Justice, by the end of October 2017, over 240,000 Vietnamese labourers wereworking in Japan, accounting for 18.8 percent of foreign workers in thecountry, making the Vietnamese community the second largest foreign group inJapan after China with 373,000 people.
Vietnam is viewed ashaving the fastest growth among foreign worker communities in Japan, with ayear-on-year rise of 39.7 percent. Vietnamese labourers are highly valued for theirqualifications and capacity.
Koganei Seiki – alarge, high-precision technology firm – currently employs 39 Vietnamesetechnicians, all of whom have worked for the firm for between three and 11years. The company has accessed Vietnamese workers though leading universitiesand direct recruitment strategies.
Koganei SeikiPresident Yusuke Kamoshita said that the firm has been hiring Vietnameseworkers to do the same job as their Japanese peers over the last 12 years.
Leaders of the companyaffirmed that the Vietnamese staff make great contributions to the growth ofthe firm. In particular, the innovative ideas of Vietnamese technicians havebenefited the firm significantly.
Vu Le Binh, a technicianworking for Koganei Seiki since 2007, has received praise from his Japaneseco-workers for his creative thinking. After 11 years in Japan, Binh said thatchoosing to work in the country was one of the best decisions he has ever made.
Real Kensetsu, aJapanese construction firm, faced difficulties recruiting Japanese workers. Assuch, it started to hire Vietnamese staff in 2014 and has not looked back since.Currently, the company employs 20 Vietnamese labourers who work in variousprojects in Kanto.
Successful stories ofVietnamese workers in Japan demonstrate that Vietnamese labourers have abundantopportunities to study and work equally and effectively in the East Asiannation as one of the promising labour markets for Vietnam. –VNA
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