First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, Ishii Chikahisa, shared this important information with Dan Tri reporter on the sidelines of the job fair for workers under the EPS and IM Japan programs.

According to Secretary Ishii Chikahisa, the "Employment and Skills Development Program" recently approved by the Japanese National Assembly will replace the current foreign trainee program. This new program aims to reduce the burden of departure costs for workers coming to Japan to work, including Vietnamese workers.

Specifically, this new mechanism will require the receiving company and the worker to share the cost of exiting the country.

Additionally, when the new program is officially implemented, workers will have the right to change jobs if they meet certain conditions, instead of being tied to their original company for three years.

"The new employment system will create a stable source of human resources for the specified skills program, helping workers better prepare for highly skilled jobs and have long-term residence in Japan," said Mr. Ishii Chikahisa.

Mr. Ishii commented that the salary under the new program may not increase immediately, but the working conditions and environment will be better than under the technical intern program.

The program aims to create conditions for workers to develop and improve their professional skills, while improving the rights of foreign workers in Japan.

The training period under the new law is 3 years. Those who pass the skills test and the Japanese language proficiency test can obtain a Type 1 (Tokutei Ginou 1) status of residence under the designated skills program. This allows them to have a working visa in Japan for up to 5 years.

Skilled foreign workers who obtain type 2 residence status will be allowed to live in Japan permanently and bring their families over to reunite.

Not only improving the working regime, Japan also loosened the conditions for accepting workers and expanded the industries.

As of June this year, the number of Vietnamese people in Japan exceeded 600,000 for the first time, becoming the second largest foreign community in the country.

In 2023, there will be more than 80,000 Vietnamese people working in Japan, accounting for a large proportion of the foreign workforce in this country.