Over the last two decades, the scenes of Japanese volunteers working across the countries have become familiar to Vietnamese people. They are contributing to deepening friendly ties between the two countries.
Every day, Japanese volunteer Izuo Risa starts her daily work at 9 am at the Vietnam Women’s Academy in Hanoi.
During her 2-year term, she teaches music to the lecturers and students of the academy.
Izuo Risa was sent to Vietnam under the Japan Volunteer Programme launched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA in 2015.
Izuo Risa is one of nearly 50 Japanese volunteers who are working in Vietnam.
Since 1965, over 40,000 Japanese volunteers were sent to live and work with local people in more than 80 countries.
In Vietnam, the programme began in 1995. So far, about 500 Japanese volunteers have come and made a strong impression on the Vietnamese people and organisations throughout the country.
Japan Volunteer Program not only helps transfer technology, contributes to socio-economic development in Vietnam but also deepens the friendship between the two peoples. Japanese friends, with their sincerity, enthusiasm and sense of responsibility, are the bridge to the mutual understanding of the two peoples.-VNA