Vietnam sent more than 78,000 labourers to work abroad so far this year, with Japan receiving the largest number, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Promoting cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in education and sending trainees/nurses was the main focus of discussion at a recent seminar in Japan’s Osaka city.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held on July 28 in Hanoi to send off 150 Vietnamese nurses and caregivers as they go to work in Japan under the terms of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese citizens who head to Germany to study on a training course in general nursing can receive a salary of EUR1,300 and seize upon the opportunity to settle permanently after working in the Central European country for three years.

VOV.VN - The Department for Overseas Labour Management announced on September 16 an increase in the recruitment of nurses and orderlies to work in Japan as part of the Vietnam-Japan economic partnership agreement (VJEPA).