Consultation in mother tongue benefits Vietnamese people in Japan
Authorities of many Japanese localities have established one-stop-shop consultation centres to support foreigners, including Vietnamese labourers living and working in the country.
Tokyo (VNA) – Authorities of many Japanese localities have established one-stop-shopconsultation centres to support foreigners, including Vietnamese labourers livingand working in the country.
Thisis part of a policy package approved by the Japanese Government, including aplan to set up about 100 centres of this kind to provide advices and supportfor foreigners in Japan. Notably, mostof the centres have provided services in the Vietnamese language.
Theone in Gunma prefecture, where about 5,950 Vietnamese are working and living,is a case in point.
Established in June 2019 and officially becoming operational on July 1, the centreis now providing consultation services in Vietnamese and four other languages,including English, Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese.
Director of the centre Tatsuya Koase told Vietnam News Agency that Gunma ishome to many foreigners who often face many difficulties due to cultural differences,adding that through the centre’s services, foreigners will be consulted onessential issues such as procedures for residence registration, employment,education, social welfare, and medical care.
Previously, speaking at a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu HongNam on October 4, Ichita Yamamoto, Governor of Gunma prefecture affirmed thatforeigners in general and the Vietnamese community in particular has become animportant part of the socio-economic development of the prefecture.
Local authority always attaches great importance to how Vietnamese people andother foreigners can live and study more comfortably in the prefecture, theofficial added./.
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At the centre in Gunma prefecture (Source: VNA) 
