Vietnamese students in Japan hold congress

The Vietnam Youth and Student Association (VYSA) in Japan held its congress for the 2012-2013 term on Jan. 15.
The Vietnam Youth and Student Association (VYSA) in Japan held its congress for the 2012-2013 term on Jan. 15.

According to reports delivered at the congress, in 2011, VYSAchapters organised many practical and useful activities that helpedconsolidate and strengthen solidarity and mutual support amongVietnamese youths and students in Japan as well as promote the imageof Vietnam to the Japanese community and further tighten theVietnam-Japan friendship.

In November 2011, VYSAchapter in Kanto successfully hosted a charitable music gala entitled“Journey to Vietnam 3” to raise funds for earthquake and tsunamivictims in Japan .

At the congress, VYSAannounced a new executive committee for the 2012-2013 term and said thatin 2012, the association will consolidate and expand the network ofVietnamese youths and students in Japan and strengthen culturalexchange activities between the two nations.

Cultural Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy Do Van Trung spoke highlyof VYSA’s activities towards the Vietnamese community in Japan , thusenhancing the friendship between the two countries’ people.

On the occasion, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Students’Association and the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan presented the “JanuaryStar” award and certificates of merit to those who made outstandingcontributions to the movements of Vietnamese youth and students in Japanin 2011./.

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