A total of 451 Vietnamese trainees in Japan under the cooperation programme between the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and IMM Japan were reportedly safe following the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami.

The information was reported by the Association for International Manpower Development of Medium and Small Enterprises (IMM Japan).

After the powerful earthquake struck northern Japan , the Department for Management of Overseas Workers under MoLISA asked Vietnamese enterprises to contact their Japanese partners to update information on Vietnamese trainees in the country.

According to the Board for Management of Vietnamese workers in Japan , at present, there are about 18,000 Vietnamese trainees in the country. By late in the day of Mar. 13, the board has had information about almost all Vietnamese trainees in Japan reported by trade associations and Vietnamese enterprises’ representatives in Japan .

On Mar. 11, there were 71 Vietnamese trainees in Japanese localities which were hard hit by the quake – Fukushima , Iwate, Miyagi, Kushiro and Ibaraki , but no loss has been reported so far.

The Department for Management of Overseas Workers asked Vietnamese enterprises’ representatives in Japan to closely coordinate with the Board for Management of Vietnamese workers to closely monitor the situation in order to offer timely assistance to Vietnamese trainees when necessary./.