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Table tennis tournament looks to bind Vietnamese community in Japan

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a table tennis tournament for the Vietnamese community in Japan on November 3, with the support of Japanese businesses that employ Vietnamese trainees.
Table tennis tournament looks to bind Vietnamese community in Japan ảnh 1Participants at the event (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassyin Japan held a table tennis tournament for the Vietnamese community in Japanon November 3, with the support of Japanese businesses that employ Vietnamesetrainees.

Addressing the opening ceremony, VietnameseAmbassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam said the number of Vietnamese people in Japanhas been on the rise in recent years, forming the third largest overseas communityin Japan.

The competition, the first of its kind, isexpected to help embrace links between Vietnamese expatriates in Japan.

Attending the event were 32 athletes fromVietnamese representative agencies as well as Vietnamese students and guestworkers from many cities and prefectures across Japan to compete in the men’ssingles and doubles categories.

According to statistics from Japan’s immigrationand accommodation management administration, by the end of June 2019, therewere 371,755 Vietnamese people residing in Japan.

Notably, in recent years, the number ofVietnamese apprentices in Japan has surged to nearly 190,000, making up 51.67percent of the total number of foreigners residing in the country asapprentices./.

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