Vietnam is blessed with a natural environment, and in 2020, it ranked 16th in the world in terms of agricultural, forestry and fishery product exports. Not only is it a place of origin, but the food processing industry has also developed in recent years, and it is attracting attention as a consumer market, with a population of 100 million people moving into the middle-income bracket. On the other hand, the added value of the food industry is not high, and the cold chain has been an obstacle, but the situation is changing.
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.