Consul General of Vietnam to Osaka Nguyen Hong Ha recently visited Toyota Corolla Nankai Company, held a discussion with the Board of Directors of the company with the online participation of leaders of Toyota Corolla Hai Phong, and met Vietnamese engineers working at the company.
At the discussion, Mr. Kubo Shohei, General Director of Toyota Corolla Nankai Company, thanked Consul General Nguyen Hong Ha for visiting the company.
Representative of Toyota Corolla Nankai Company said that from 2017 to now, the company has recruited more than 90 Vietnamese engineers, who are the only foreign engineers working at the company.
Consul General of Vietnam to Osaka Nguyen Hong Ha meets leaders of Toyota Corolla Nankai Company (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
These engineers are well-trained at Japan’s automobile vocational schools and have passed the national certification exam, of which 13 have gotten the Toyota technical certificate. The Vietnamese engineers receive salary and other benefits similar to Japanese engineers.
A representative of Toyota Nankai Hai Phong Company said that Toyota Nankai Hai Phong started its operation in May 2018. It now has 120 officers and employees, car sales in 2020 is 968 cars. The company aims to open 10 stores in Vietnam, of which the second store is expected to open in Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh, in the fall of 2022.
Currently, in Japan, there is a shortage of auto repair and maintenance workers, so the company will also focus on training and recruiting engineers from Vietnam to work, contributing to solving problems of foreign trainees such as inadequate training, and borrowing money to pay the costs of being dispatched to Japan.
Consul General Nguyen Hong Ha thanked Toyota Corolla Nankai Company for trusting and recruiting Vietnamese people, and especially having good and fair treatment like Japanese people and wished the company would recruit more Vietnamese people in the comimg time.
He also highly appreciated the plan to open 10 stores across Vietnam, especially in Quang Ninh province, where a sustainable green growth strategy is being implemented.
After the discussion, Consul General Nguyen Hong Ha and the Board of Directors of Toyota Corolla Nankai Company had an exchange with 27 Vietnamese engineers who were recruited in April 2021.
The engineers shared that they are cared for by the company's leaders, with good remuneration policies. However, they are also under a lot of pressure at work and worried about the COVID-19 epidemic situation.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Ha encouraged engineers to try to do their work best, constantly learn knowledge, cultivate experience, stay with the company for a long time, keep a good image of Vietnamese people in the eyes of Japanese people; If they need assistance, please contact the Consulate General through many forms such as phone, email, facebook, or website.
The Consulate General will answer all questions and will provide the best possible assistance.
The Consul General also suggested that Toyota Corolla Nankai's Board of Directors pay more attention to training to improve skills and COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures, including early registration of COVID-19 vaccination for Vietnamese engineers./.
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