Japan helps HCM City train human resources for tourism sector
The southern metropolis city of Ho Chi Minh and the Consulate General of Japan on January 9 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on human resources training for tourism sector.
Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism (L) and a representative from the Consulate General of Japan on January 9 sign a Memorandum of Understanding on human resources training for tourism sector in the locality. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The southern metropolis city of Ho Chi Minh and the Consulate General ofJapan o𝔉n January 9 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on human resources training for tourism sector.
Under the document, local officials, civil servants, employees,workers in the hospitality sector will be offered Japanese languageand training courses to better serve tourist from Japan - one of the key andtraditional markets of Vietnam’s tourism in general and the locality inparticular. Along with that, the city's tourism industry willpromote linkages and cooperation with localities, especially in adjacent areas, whilemobilising enterprises to carry out preferential mechanisms to attract workhands. Currently the locality has 7,340 licensed tour guides. However, the number of those who can speak foreign languages such as Korean,Japanese, German and Spanish is still modest. Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of the city’s Departmentof Tourism, said one of major challenges facing the tourism sector is to promptly perfect human resources for the sector’s recovery and development postCOVID-19. Ho Chi Minh City's tourism industry has been focusingon training foreign languages such as Korean, Japanese, Thai, Spanish, and German./.
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Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, Director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Tourism (L) and a representative from the Consulate General of Japan on January 9 sign a Memorandum of Understanding on human resources training for tourism sector in the locality. (Photo: VNA) 
