Germany recruits Vietnamese nurses
(VOV) - Dr. Andreas Schneider—Deputy Country Director of GIZ in Vietnam—has said Vietnam is the first non-European country offered the opportunity to cooperate with Germany on health care.
A training course for 120 Vietnamese nurses began in Hanoi on March 4, part of a pilot project jointly implemented by GIZ, the Goethe Institute, and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Department of Overseas Labour Management.
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Dr. Schneider said the Vietnamese Government’s attempts to facilitate healthcare sector guest workers have given the project a great deal of support.
MoLISA Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Hoa said that the Vietnamese nurses intending to work in Germany eventually will improve their professional skills and gain the capacity to make significant contributions to Vietnam’s socio-economic development.
German Ambassador to Vietnam Jutta Frasch explained that following a German course, Vietnamese medical workers will attend two years of intensive training in Germany. Germany has pressing demands for high-quality workers in many sectors, including healthcare, mathematics, information technology, natural science, and engineering.
Vietnamese guest workers in Germany play an important role in strengthening bilateral ties, she said.