As a first step, Japan plans to receive 3,000 personnel within one year, with Tokyo offering financial assistance for language training, and then expand to 10,000 in two years. These workers will be paid the same salaries as Japanese workers.
Japan and Vietnam are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding as early as this year. It will be categorized as part of the "Asia Health and Human Well-Being Initiative", a Japanese government program to provide Japanese knowledge and expertise on nursing care and social welfare to aging Asian societies.
