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Union of Vietnamese associations in Japan established

A union of Vietnamese associations in Japan was officially established on April 6, aiming to strengthen the connectivity among the associations and build a growing Vietnamese community in the host country.
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Tokyo (VNA) – A union of Vietnamese associations in Japan was officially established on April 6, aiming to strengthen theconnectivity among the associations and build a growingVietnamese community in the host country.

The 9-member standing board of the union consists of those prestigeous in the Vietnamese communities and representatives of associations in areas with large Vietnamese communities.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu, who is alsoChairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, sent acongratulatory letter to the union, expressing his hope that the union willbecome a core factor to support the Vietnamese people in Japan to develop and integratemore deeply into the host society, help maintain the teaching and learning of the Vietnamese language, preserve and promote the Vietnamese cultural identity, and become abridge connecting the two peoples.

Nguyen Duc Minh, Interim Chargé d'affaires of the VietnameseEmbassy in Japan, said that besides the increasing number of Vietnamese peoplein Japan, many Vietnamese associations and unions have beenformed and developed in the host country but they lack connection with each other.

Therefore, Minh emphasised that the establishment of the union is animportant milestone in the development of the Vietnamese community in Japan.

Nguyen Hong Son, Chairman of the union, said that with the slogan"One community, connecting two cultures", the union will coordinate withother Vietnamese associations to build a growing Vietnamese community in Japanthat actively contributes to the national construction and defense andbuilding up the friendship between Vietnam and Japan.

Currently, there are about 500,000 Vietnamese working, studying and living in Japan./.

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