"We have striven to become a Top 10 manpower trainer and supplier in Vietnam,” said Ms Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, Director of the centre.
First firm steps
In October 2004, the International Manpower Training and Supply Centre was established under the administration of the Technical Services and Import Export Company (TECHSIMEX), an affiliate to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). To date, the centre has 10 years of experience in manpower supply for various fields like engineering, manual work and nursing in Taiwan and Japan. Particularly, the centre attaches much importance to training and supplying nursing personnel and caretakers for the elderly. It has set up cooperation with over 200 nursing homes in Taiwan and supplied 1,000 nurses and caretakers in hospitals and nursing homes.
The centre started to survey the Japanese market a few years ago and concluded that the ageing of the population is threatening this developed country (over 35 percent of the population at working age) and causing labour shortage in most economic activities. To avoid missing the opportunity, the centre stepped up cooperation with vocational schools to recruit and train disciplined professional workers. The company also advises labourers to choose the best markets for them, given their rights, interests, skills and treatments. In 2013, the company sent the first 100 Vietnamese workers to Japan, mainly working in engineering and industrial machinery fields.
One step ahead
Ageing population not only causes a labour shortage in manufacturing sectors, but also results in a higher demand for elder caretakers in Japan. This is a great opportunity for labourers and manpower suppliers in Vietnam, including the International Manpower Training and Supply Centre.
Director Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh said: "In 2013, Vietnam and Japan actively cooperated in nursing personnel export, thus opening up high hopes for expanding nursing personnel export in developing nations. Currently, the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is still the sole coordinator and it does not allow businesses to directly contact customers in need of imported nursing services. However, regulations on nursing personnel export are expected to be loosened in the next few years, allowing businesses to directly export nursing personnel, as in other industries. With its current training facilities, the centre will go one step ahead of the nursing industry.
To go one step ahead of the industry, the centre has applied new models for training, employed international experience, and expanded the application of new nursing standards and criteria. The first vehicle of this approach is the 60-bed Compassionate Nursing Centre set up and put into operation in 2007. In March 2014, the second facility of this kind, using Japanese style, was put into use with 100 beds. These are very important steps of the centre to create a professional working environment in labour training and supply.
With its practical activities, the centre has given an opportunity for workers to earn a good, sustainable living.
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