HCMCity (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Labour, War Invalids andSocial Affairs will send students of local universities, colleges andvocational schools to the Japanese city of Yokohama for training in nursingskills.

Thisis part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in HCM City on July 25between the municipal Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs andthe Health and Social Welfare Bureau of Yokohama.

Underthe terms of the MoU, the Health and Social Welfare Bureau of Yokohama will helpthe selected Vietnamese students with training in nursing skills and working inthe city.

Speakingat the signing ceremony, Director of the Department of Labour, War Invalids andSocial Affairs Le Minh Tan said HCM City has in recent years sent many studentsand apprentices to Japan for further training in different sectors, including nursing.

HCMCity currently has 517 vocational schools, including 29 establishments thattrain nurses, thus ensuring the sufficient supply of skilled trainees forYokohama, he added.

BothHiroaki Tanaka, Director of the Health and Social Welfare Bureau, and KenAkaoka, Director of the International Affairs Bureau of Yokohama, said thesigning of the MoU on cooperation in training nurses will open up a new partnershipdirection between the two cities.

Havingspoke highly of the industriousness and creativeness of Vietnamese labourers,the officials hoped that, while studying in Yokohama, Vietnamese students andapprentices will help enhance mutual understanding, solidarity and friendshipbetween the two cities’ people.-VNA