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Vietnamese caregivers allowed to work at Japanese patient’s homes
By Anh Kiet 12:10, 2016/08/18
​According to a recent decision by the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Foreign certified professional caregivers, including those from Vietnam will be allowed to work at patients’ homes from April, 2017.
 
A Japanese training class
A Japanese training class
This is part of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) Japan signed with Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. As of 2015, about 2,100 labourers were sent to Japan to work as caregivers under the EPA programme.

Under the agreement, caregivers from the three ASEAN nations will be trained and work in Japan for four years. Once they have passed the national examination, they will be allowed to work permanently in Japan. However, only 250 people were able to get national professional certificates and continue working in Japan.​
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