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Earthquake-affected Vietnamese in Japan receive support

Six hundred gift packages and essential goods donated by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka and Vietnamese associations and businesses the Kansai region and adjacent prefectures were presented on January 6 to Vietnamese interns and Japanese citizens living in Ishikawa - the locality hit by the recent earthquake in central Japan.
Earthquake-affected Vietnamese in Japan receive support ảnh 1Representatives from the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka and Vietnamese associations and businesses in the Kansai region and adjacent prefectures visit and present gifts to earthquake-affected Vietnamese in Ishikawa (Photo: VNA)
Ishikawa(VNA) – Six hundred gift packages and essential goods donated by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka and Vietnameseassociations and businesses the Kansai region and adjacent prefectures were presented on January 6 to Vietnamese interns and Japanese citizens living in Ishikawa - the locality hit bythe recent earthquake in central Japan. 

In a meeting withMayor of Nanao city Chatani Yoshitaka, Vietnamese Consul General in Osaka NgoTrinh Ha said that relief goods have been delivered to the Vietnamese and Japanesecommunities in Ishikawa.

The diplomat expressed her desire to know more about the situation and specific demands of the Vietnamesecommunity and locals, thus having more specific support plans.

Mayor Chatani Yoshitaka affirmed that local authorities will makeefforts to overcome the earthquake consequences to soon bring the people’s life back to normal.
 
In their working tripto Ishikawa, representatives from the Consulate General and Vietnameseassociations and businesses met with several agencies and unions in theprefecture and initially established a coordination channel to receive aid forpeople affected by the quake.

Ishikawa was one of  the Japanese localities hit by the massive earthquake on January 1. All Vietnamese living near the quake'sepicenter were safely relocated to shelters where they were provided withnecessary supplies. According to statistics, about 5,000Vietnamese people are living in Ishikawa, of the about 600 affected bythe earthquake./.
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