Up to Mar. 20, many more Vietnamese have been moved out of dangerous areas after the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
A Vietnamese student in Morioka city, Iwate prefecture, informed that after the mission of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan visited the city to help evacuate Vietnamese citizens, there were more than 30 Vietnamese students and pupils decided to stay in the city.
However, worrying about the risk of radioactive leaking from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the nearby Fukushima prefecture or families’ urging, many others moved to safer places after means of public transport resumed operations.
According to the Vietnam Youth and Students’ Association in Japan , most of Vietnamese students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures moved to other places or returned to Vietnam .
At present, the association is exerting efforts to find information relating to two students studying in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture, whose families has had no contacts.
Meanwhile, almost of 84 Vietnamese people, who received help from three missions of the Vietnamese Embassy to evacuate from Miyagi and Iwate and Fukushima prefectures are temporarily residing in Tokyo, nearby prefectures or Osaka city. Some of them flied home. Five of 13 trainees sheltering in Nissin Kutsu pagoda in Tokyo downtown, are expected to fly home on Mar. 21 while the rest will return to factory for work.
Also on Mar. 20, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh and some officials of the embassy visited the Nissin Kutsu pagoda to thank the shrine’s head monk Yoshimizu Daiichi and Tam Tri nun and Buddhist followers for helping Vietnamese people during those days.
The Ambassador conveyed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s thanks to Yoshimizu Daiichi.
Yoshimizu Daiichi pledged to continue care for Vietnamese citizens, who are facing difficulties in Japan.
Tam Tri nun informed that on Mar. 21, Yoshimizu Daiichi will leave for Vietnam to attend a requiem ceremony for Japanese victims of the earthquake and tsunami and pray for peace for survivors of the disasters, which will be held in An Quang pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on Mar. 27./.
A Vietnamese student in Morioka city, Iwate prefecture, informed that after the mission of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan visited the city to help evacuate Vietnamese citizens, there were more than 30 Vietnamese students and pupils decided to stay in the city.
However, worrying about the risk of radioactive leaking from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the nearby Fukushima prefecture or families’ urging, many others moved to safer places after means of public transport resumed operations.
According to the Vietnam Youth and Students’ Association in Japan , most of Vietnamese students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures moved to other places or returned to Vietnam .
At present, the association is exerting efforts to find information relating to two students studying in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture, whose families has had no contacts.
Meanwhile, almost of 84 Vietnamese people, who received help from three missions of the Vietnamese Embassy to evacuate from Miyagi and Iwate and Fukushima prefectures are temporarily residing in Tokyo, nearby prefectures or Osaka city. Some of them flied home. Five of 13 trainees sheltering in Nissin Kutsu pagoda in Tokyo downtown, are expected to fly home on Mar. 21 while the rest will return to factory for work.
Also on Mar. 20, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh and some officials of the embassy visited the Nissin Kutsu pagoda to thank the shrine’s head monk Yoshimizu Daiichi and Tam Tri nun and Buddhist followers for helping Vietnamese people during those days.
The Ambassador conveyed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s thanks to Yoshimizu Daiichi.
Yoshimizu Daiichi pledged to continue care for Vietnamese citizens, who are facing difficulties in Japan.
Tam Tri nun informed that on Mar. 21, Yoshimizu Daiichi will leave for Vietnam to attend a requiem ceremony for Japanese victims of the earthquake and tsunami and pray for peace for survivors of the disasters, which will be held in An Quang pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on Mar. 27./.
