Vietnamese apprentices receive Tet gifts from the Vietnamese Business Association in Japan (Photo: VOV)

The Association presented the participants gifts, which include lucky money, and Vietnamese traditional specialties for the Lunar New Year.

Le Thi Thuong, an apprentice at Sugiyo company specialized in food production and processing in Ishikawa, said that she had just come to Japan to work for 8 days before an earthquake occurred.

Thuong said she was looking forward to the program “Joy of New Year’s Eve” and rode a bicycle for 8 kilometers to the program venue.

 “As a new comer here, I felt so panic due to repetitive earthquakes. After the earthquakes, we were allowed to return to work but only worked for 4 hours a day. We had to ask for meals at a school. There is still shortage of water after the earthquake,” according to Thuong. 

Tong Thi Kim Giao, President of the Vietnamese Business Association in Japan and a representative of the Organizing Board, said the Association has called for support from its members and delivered all the money and aid packages to people in need among the Vietnamese community in Ishikawa.