ĐÀ NẴNG – Japanese partners, the Sunny Wellbeing Company, the Mikazuki Hotel joint-stock company and Mediva Inc have inked an agreement with Đà Nẵng-Đông Á University to build the first Japanese-standard clinic project in the city.

It is the first step in moving towards the development of an international-level healthcare and treatment centre in the region.

The clinic is expected to cover 1,000sq.m at the new Mikazuki Đà Nẵng building, with an investment of 500 million Japanese Yen, or VNĐ90 billion (US$3.5 million).

It will provide general medical checks and heath examinations to Japanese standards.

Mikazuki Hotel Group of Japan officially opened its $168.16 million Đà Nẵng Mikazuki Japanese Resort & Spa, the first Japanese-style five-star resort and entertainment centre in Đà Nẵng.

Kameda Shogo from Kameda Medical Group and representative of Sunny Wellbeing explained: “The Japanese-standard clinic at Mikazuki Hotel Đà Nẵng will provide digital imaging and a diagnosis system with support from Japan through an online platform.

"The project will employ Vietnamese staff with the participation of experts in building it an international medical facility at the local.

“We plan to develop the clinic as a key base for Vietnamese nursing students and Japanese medical staff in contributing to a health and welfare service in Đà Nẵng City.”

Kameda Group has been co-operating with the local university in bringing students to work at the group’s hospital system in Japan since 2018.

The chairman of the University Council, Lương Minh Sâm, reported that more than 900 students from the university have been sent to internship programmes in Singapore, Germany, Taiwan (China) and the vast majority, 800, have headed to Japan.

Kobayashi Keisuke from the JETRO office in Hà Nội, said about 570,000 Vietnamese labourers are now working in Japan, accounting for 25 per cent of the total foreign workforce (2.3 million), with a further 18.5 per cent of people from Việt Nam working there in hi-tech industries.

At the annual Japan Job Fair in the city, six universities and businesses from Nagoya and Okayama also signed deals in medical cooperation and education programmes across nursing, IT, tourism, automobile, electronics, electricity and linguistics.

To date, more than 150 businesses, eight local governments and 15 universities and academies from Japan have become involved the partnership network with Đông Á University, helping secure a stable and high quality manpower source for the Japanese market.

The Consul General of the Japanese consulate in Đà Nẵng City, Mori Takero, stressed that Đà Nẵng Đông Á University has been central to promoting partnerships with Japan in the fields of education and in offering internships and job employment programmes. He said many students from the university have already moved to and are working in Japan. VNS