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Japan pledges to help Vietnam train chemical experts

Hanoi (VNA) - Japan will continue to lend Vietnam a helping hand to train five to six chemical experts this year, especially on the safe management of chemicals and the EU's REACH regulations.

Japan offered its assistance to Vietnam at the 13th annual meeting of the working group on chemicals industry of the ASEAN-Japanese Ministry of Economics, Industry and Trade's Economic and Industrial CooperationCommittee (AMEICC) in Hanoi on July 22.

Through AMEICC, Japan has assisted other ASEAN member countries intraining experts for the chemical industry.

REACH is the EU's toughest regulation on management of chemical substances used by various industries to prevent negative effects on people's health and the environment. It was applied to thousands of kinds of chemicals from the beginning of this year.-Enditem

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