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Japanese firms provide aid for over 1,060 pandemic-hit Vietnamese students

Japanese enterprises have donated more than 50 million JPY (481,100 USD) for a programme to finance part of tuition fees for Vietnamese students facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, which has selected more than 1,060 beneficiaries.
Japanese firms provide aid for over 1,060 pandemic-hit Vietnamese students ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA)– Japanese enterprises have donated more than 50 million JPY (481,100 USD) fora programme to finance part of tuition fees for Vietnamesestudents facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, which has selected morethan 1,060 beneficiaries.

The information was unveiled at an event held in Tokyo onDecember 4 to review the programme, which was coordinated by the Vietnamese Embassy, MUFG Bank and its partners, the Associationof Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan (AVIJ), and the Vietnamese Youths andStudents' Association (VYSA) in Japan. It ran from September to mid-Novemberthis year.

Speaking at the event, AVIJ President Le Duc Anh said theorgansing board of the programme selected over 1,060 eligible students frommore than 3,400 submissions. Each received 50,000 JPY in aid, he added.

Anh said the fund is a source of encouragement for Vietnamesestudents to continue purchasing their dreams in Japan.

Tooru Mera, a representative from the MUFG, hoped the aidwill help alleviate difficulties facing the students so that they can obtaingood academic achievements and make contributions to the Vietnam – Japan friendshipin the future.  

Lam Thanh Phuong, an envoy at the Vietnamese Embassy, said thepandemic has caused several obstacles for Vietnamese in Japan, includingstudents, who sent lots of requests for help to the embassy. Amid the context,the embassy has worked to raise funds for the community, helping them gainfinancial assistance, food, and accommodations, she added.

Phuong noted the programme for Vietnamese students is thelargest of its kind to date.

According to statistics from the Japan Student ServicesOrganization (JASSO), as of May last year, there were 73,389 Vietnamesestudents in Japan, accounting for 23.5 percent the nation’s total number of foreignstudents./.
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