History of the Overseas Nurse Training Support Program 1992～
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1992 Several discussions were held following the submission to the Health and Welfare Ministry of theproject book for the 「Overseas Nurse Training Support Program」. It was covered by the Nursing
Division, the Project Ordinance Division and the General Affairs Division of the Health and Welfare
Ministry - Health Policy Bureau .
1993 On November 22nd, project approval was given by the Health and Welfare Ministry （permit number 308）,
under the following conditions, among others:
1. Training of Graduate (Registered) Nurses. 2. Guarantee from Preliminary Education to Home-coming.
3. Recognition by the Social Republic of Vietnam of the National Diploma of Nursing acquired in Japan.
4. Number of trainees should be less than 200 and a few dozen. Discussions with the Health and Welfare
Ministry started, premised on those conditions, .
・With the cooperation of Mr. Masahide Kashiwado, Administrative Director of the Kashiwado Hospital
located in the city of Chiba, an explanatory session of the present program was held, gathering 30
hospitals but in the end, the program started with 5 hospitals.
1994 ・Conclusion of an Agreement with the Social Republic of Vietnam - Department of Labor, Invalids andSocial Affairs.
・Conclusion of an Agreement with the Social Republic of Vietnam - Department of Education andTraining, regarding the Japanese Language Education. Opening of the "AHP Hanoi Japanese Language
Center" inside the Vietnam First Executives Training Institution.
・Starting of a Project Cooperation with the Social Republic of Vietnam - Ministry of Health・Ministry of Health - International Medical Cooperation ・Starting of First-term students 'applications by the Ministry of Health.
・September, starting of the Preliminary Education in the Hanoi Japanese Language Center.
・On February 23rd, a notice "on points to consider about the sending to and studies overseas offoreign students in nurse training facilities" was delivered by the Health and Welfare Ministry Health Policy Bureau to the attention of each governor.
In the notice 's contents were incorporated clauses prohibiting special treatments at the time ofschool entrance 's screenings as well as those the setting number of students to receive fromoverseas.
1995 September, starting of the Preliminary Education in Hanoi for the Second-term students.
1996 ・The 31 First-term students came to Japan, but failing to examinations, all came back to their homecountry. The joined the Second-term students to make a new try.
・The Japanese Proficiency Test started being conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam. （The Test has been
administed in Bangkok up to previous year-term.）
1997 ・16 among 30 students were selected for going to Japan to sit for examinations, and 4 First-term
students passed successfully. They became the first Vietnamese nurse students overseas.
・3 students were selected among those who failed, and came to Japan to learn in Japanese language
schools and preparatory schools in the Tokyo Metropolitan Prefecture.
1998 ・1 among the 3 Second-term students passed the entrance examination for the Chiba College of Health
Science.
1999 ・Designing a curriculum in consideration to the schools of nursing 's entrance examinations, students
work on strategies to sit for those from the Preliminary Education in Hanoi.
・10 Third-term students came to Japan and all passed examinations.
2000 ・The 4 First-term students attended the Graduation Ceremony. 1 of them gave the address in reply asvaledictorian.
・12 Fourth-students passed, with a 1st time success to the entrance examination of a university 's
medical department nursing division (Gunma University).
・School-leaver for the first time. Loss of sel-confidence as a nurse, as the Nurse Celebration
Ceremony day was getting closer.
2001 ・14 Fifth-term students came to Japan and all passed entrance examinations to national and publicschools. 4 students were admitted to national vocational schools and 4 to national 4-year colleges:
Nagasaki University attached and Tokushima University attached vocational schools; Nagoya and Osaka 4year colleges.
2002 ・7 Sixth-term students came to Japan, all passed. 1 among them left school and came back to the homecountry in June for personal reasons.
2003 ・6 Seventh-term students came to Japan, 4 passed.
2004 ・7 Eighth-term students came to Japan, 7 passed.
・The 4 First-term students came back after 4 years of working induction training （1 among themmarried and currently lives in Japan, and another 1 came to Japan anew to access Graduate College andpassed）.
2005 ・The 3 Second-term students came back after 4 years of working induction training （1 among themdelayed the acquirement of the National Examination and continued training to come back to following
2006 ・4 Seventh-term students all graduated, and passed the National Examination of Nursing.
・The 8 Third-term students completed the 4 years of working induction training as nurses.
・On March 30th, the Immigration Regulation Standard Ministerial Ordinance was partially revised,setting the duration of stay for graduated (registered) nurses to 7 years.

・The Fourth-term students completed their working induction training. With visa extension, they were given a wider
2007 choice of career options.
・The 6 Eighth-term students all graduated. 1 student has to repeat a year of school.
Total number of participants of the Preliminary Education in Hanoi: 174
Number of students coming to Japan to take examinations: 112
Number of students abroad: 61（successful candidates for vocational schools, junior colleges, colleges of nursing）
Number of school-leavers: 5
Total number of nurses abroad: 56
Total number of registered nurses: 55, total number of students currently studying overseas: 1ＡＨＰ ＮＥＴＷＯＲＫＳIKEFUJI Bldg, ４－５－８ SHIBA MINATO－KU
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