(VOVworld) – On Thursday Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a working session with Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yasuhisa Shiozaki. Ngan said she hopes Japan will create favourable conditions for Vietnamese apprentices to work in Japan. Minister Shiozaki promised to welcome Vietnamese students and workers to study and work in Japan.

The Vietnamese NA delegation meets the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. (Photo: VNA)

Earlier, Ms. Ngan attended a workshop on Vietnam’s economic development and human resources training, co-organized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and IM Japan, an organisation for international human resources development. Addressing the event, Ms. Ngan said human resources development has been Vietnam’s top priority towards creating a pool of skilled, disciplined workers to help Vietnam become a modern industrialised nation by 2020, and added that Vietnam is keenly interested in cooperating with Japan in human resources training and development.