Technical internship is a system where trainees enter into employment relationships with companies in Japan and acquire skills that are difficult to obtain in their home countries. Until 2016, most trainees were Chinese, but in 2017, Vietnamese overtook them, and in 2019, Vietnamese accounted for half of the total of about 370,000 trainees. Compared to Vietnamese students who can be seen at convenience stores and restaurants, Vietnamese trainees are a hidden presence with few opportunities to interact with society, but they are rapidly becoming more widespread.

Looking at the number of Vietnamese trainees certified by the Technical Intern Training Organization in 2018 by occupation, about 50,000 people, or 23% of Vietnamese trainees, work in the construction industry, including about 15,000 construction workers, 5,000 construction machinery workers, 5,000 formwork workers, and 5,000 rebar workers. Next are food manufacturing at 21%, machinery and metals at 19%, agriculture at 8%, and textiles and clothing at 6%, and Vietnamese trainees are working in a wide range of industries.

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