Vietnamese and Finnish officials have discussed increasing bilateral
cooperation in employment, vocational training and migration labour.
During
their talks in Hanoi on September 6, Minister of Labour, War
Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Finnish Labour
Minister Anni Sinnemaki agreed to continue cooperation in labour and
policies on labour ties under a memorandum of understanding signed by
the two countries’ Prime Ministers last November in Vietnam .
They
affirmed their commitment towards the common goal of increasing
information and sustainable cooperation relating to employment between
the two countries.
According to Minister Anni Sinnemaki, there is
no need for foreign workers in Finland at present, but the demand
will increase in the coming decade, particularly in the health care,
engineering and construction sectors as the country faces an ageing
population.
That will be a big opportunity for Vietnamese workers, she said.
The
Minister expressed her satisfaction with the initial success of a
cooperation project which sent 17 Vietnamese workers to Finland
between the South Ostrobothnia region and the Hanoi Industrial
Vocational Training College .
She described this as a
foundation for establishing a partnership and long-term cooperation in
training Vietnamese workers for the Finnish market in the coming time.
Minister
Anni Sinnemaki is leading a delegation of the Finnish Ministry of
Employment and the Economy on a working visit to Vietnam from
September 5-9.
While in Vietnam, the Finnish delegation will hold
discussions and meet with leaders of the Ministry of Industry and
Trade, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Hanoi
and Ho Chi Minh City municipal people’s committees.
They are scheduled to take part in a workshop on clean production technology and visit several vocational training centres./.
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