A mission from the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan took 41 Vietnamese people and a German from Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture, one of the hardest quake-hit regions in Japan, to Tokyo, on March 16.
All the 42 people were given shelter at a pagoda in Tokyo.
Another team which had gone to Morioka city of Iwate prefecture are expected to come back to Tokyo on the night of March 16 together with 23 evacuees, mostly students and trainees.
The third mission has picked up 18 Vietnamese people in Fukushima prefecture and is making efforts to contact other Vietnamese students and trainees there to evacuate them from the quake-hit region.
As of March 16, the national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines has used large-size aircraft, Boeing 777, on Narita-Hanoi and Narita-Ho Chi Minh City routes to bring Vietnamese people in Japan home.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society on March 16 received 10,000 USD donated by the Vietnam Post and Telecom Group (VNPT) and the Vietnam Post Trade Union to support Japanese victims of the March 11 serious earthquake and tsunami./.
All the 42 people were given shelter at a pagoda in Tokyo.
Another team which had gone to Morioka city of Iwate prefecture are expected to come back to Tokyo on the night of March 16 together with 23 evacuees, mostly students and trainees.
The third mission has picked up 18 Vietnamese people in Fukushima prefecture and is making efforts to contact other Vietnamese students and trainees there to evacuate them from the quake-hit region.
As of March 16, the national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines has used large-size aircraft, Boeing 777, on Narita-Hanoi and Narita-Ho Chi Minh City routes to bring Vietnamese people in Japan home.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society on March 16 received 10,000 USD donated by the Vietnam Post and Telecom Group (VNPT) and the Vietnam Post Trade Union to support Japanese victims of the March 11 serious earthquake and tsunami./.
