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The duo and the director’s wife and child have been missing since Sunday after their house was hit by a landslide. The director was injured and is in hospital. … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese missing as Typhoon Haishen hits Japan

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and Vietnam Airlines coordinated with Japanese authorised agencies to arrange a flight to repatriate 350 Vietnamese citizens in the country on September 7. The passengers included children under 18, pregnant women, the ill, students without accommodations, workers with expired labour contracts, and those facing other difficulties. Security, safety and hygiene measures were carried out throughout the flight to protect their health and prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Right after landing in Cam Ranh international airport in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, the passengers and crewmembers received health check-up. They were sent to concentrated quarantine facilities in line with the regulations. In the future, more flights are set to be conducted in the time ahead to repatriate Vietnamese citizens with disadvantaged circumstances, depending on their need and quarantine capacity at home./. … [Read more...] about More than 350 Vietnamese citizens in Japan repatriated

The country sent 33,500 guest workers overseas in the first half of this year, a 40 percent year-on-year decline due to travel restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. At a government meeting last month Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said such workers could be sent abroad if accepted. … [Read more...] about Japan to ease visa issuance restrictions for Vietnamese employees

The Japanese Government has directed local police and rescue forces to actively search for the victims. The Consulate General will maintain contact with the Japanese authorities and the Vietnamese community to update information and be ready to implement citizen protection measures. The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent a letter to the Department of Overseas Labour Management at the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Departments of Foreign Affairs of the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An to ask relevant enterprises, which sent the apprentices to Japan, to inform their families and ensure their full interests. … [Read more...] about Authorities search for two Vietnamese apprentices missing in typhoon in Japan

It is also part of a project on promoting Vietnamese firms’ participation in foreign distribution system till 2020, and meant to deliver on commitments under the memorandum of understanding signed between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and AEON Group, towards raising Vietnam’s exports to AEON to 500 million USD this year and 1 billion USD by 2025. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Fair underway in AEON supermarkets in Japan