Yamanashi prefecture of Japan has launched the first health insurance programme for family members of Vietnamese guest workers, part of efforts to attract foreign labourers amid the shrinking population and growing global competition for human resources. At a press meeting held on June 12 to introduce the scheme, Yamanashi Governor Nagasaki Kotaro informed that to help ease guest workers' concern about the health of their family members in the homeland, Yamanashi cooperated with the Tokio Marine Insurance Vietnam company to develop a health insurance scheme for the workers' relatives in Vietnam. This regime is applied to all hospitals in Vietnam. Source: Vietnam News Agency