At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnamese orderly apprentices will receive free Japanese language and professional training courses before working in Japan as stipulated under a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between the two countries on August 3. The MoU was inked between the Department of Overseas Labour under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), and the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief Bureau on the occasion of Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep’s visit to the East Asian country. Under the deal, the Japanese side has to ensure that Vietnamese orderly apprentices will pass the exam after their first training year. According to Diep, the MoLISA earlier asked its Department of Overseas Labour to conduct negotiation with the Japanese Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief Bureau on the regulations on sending and receiving Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Japan sign cooperation deal on orderly training
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Vietnam imports large volume of medical equipment
Vietnam imports large volume of medical equipmentBy Hung Le Visitors have a look at a medial product on display at the Vietnam International Hospital, Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition in HCMC last year – PHOTO: HUNG LE HCMC – The Vietnamese medical equipment market has grown 18% annually over the last five years, but more than 90% of medical equipment is imported from other countries, said Hua Phu Doan, vice chairman and general secretary of the HCMC Medical Equipment Association. At a press conference on July 24 to introduce the 18th Vietnam International Hospital, Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition in HCMC (Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo 2018), Doan noted that the country had spent more than US$1.1 billion on medical equipment imports last year, well above the US$950 million spent in 2016. Therefore, Vietnam is becoming increasingly attractive to medical equipment manufacturers, he noted. However, domestic enterprises account for only 10% of the local market … [Read more...] about Vietnam imports large volume of medical equipment
Vietnam Medi-Pharm chances for information exchange: Health Minister
The Vietnam Medi-Pharm opened in Hanoi on May 9 with 530 booths of 430 firms from 30 countries and territories in the globe such as India, Poland, German, Taiwan ( China), South Korea, the Us, Japan, Thailand and Singapore which displayed their advanced technologies and best products. Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien hoped that the event will be a chance for businesses to find out more information about their counterparts in various fields stepping up investment in health services development to develop the medical sector and satisfy people’s demand She affirmed being held since 1994, the exhibition proved to be one of prestigious one in the country. This year, the event took place in the area of over 9,000 square meter opening up cooperation and trade promotion opportunities amongst pharmaceutical companies in the world. Because the theme of the exhibition is “Enhancing grassroots health clinics with orientation to cover people’s health", the Ministry of Health … [Read more...] about Vietnam Medi-Pharm chances for information exchange: Health Minister
Japanese-funded projects improves health care services to elderly
Illustrative image (Source: laodong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The General Office for Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health on April 12 launched a Japanese-funded project to provide preventive health care services to the elderly to cope with population aging in Vietnam. The project, which has been carrying out from July 2017 to March 2020, is funded with 91,750 USD from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and over 1.4 billion VND from the Vietnamese Government. It aims to build a standard model on caring the health of the elderly in the community before multiplying it across the country, contributing to meeting the demand of long-term care for the elderly. The projects has five components, including building specific projects and plans for each year, popularising preventive medicine programmes through communications and consultations, enhancing officials’ capacity on managing and guiding the elderly on exercise to avoid falling, preparing … [Read more...] about Japanese-funded projects improves health care services to elderly
Japanese company decries cumbersome sampling of seafood imports into Vietnam
A Japanese food importer in Vietnam has called for improvements to the current procedures for sampling imports, which places a burden on companies with a clean record. Taking samples of every import is wasteful and unnecessary, especially when it involves companies that has never failed a test, the complaint said. Ho Chi Minh City-based Lotus Group, a Japan-invested company specializing in food imports and restaurant franchising, mentioned Vietnam’s red tape in food import inspection on Wednesday during a meeting with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). The company said it imports an average of 50 kilograms of fresh seafood every two days to supply its Japanese restaurants in Vietnam. Despite passing every inspection with flying colors, a Lotus Group representative said the company has been subject to sampling for each of its shipments, without exception. “A restaurant-quality fish weighs about five kilograms. By taking away one kilogram for sampling, … [Read more...] about Japanese company decries cumbersome sampling of seafood imports into Vietnam