Aomori farm pinning future hopes on Vietnamese student workers

A garlic and apple farm in northeastern Japan recognizes that its survival depends largely on finding the next generation of workers to replace the aging local population.This is why Aomori Japan Farm Co. is keen on training a group of Vietnamese students -- currently working there as interns -- to use their experience as a stepping stone to eventually work full-time on the farm once they have completed their studies at Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry in Vietnam."I applied for the internship in Japan because I heard that agriculture is very developed (here)," said Phan Thi Nhu Y,…READ FULL ARTICLE