JICA volunteer assumes duties in Nghia Lo town

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JICA volunteer assumes duties in Nghia Lo town

Thursday, March 10, 2022

YBO - Fukada Kaede is one of the 16 volunteers of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who have been taking part in the Vietnam - Japan development cooperation programme in the Southeast Asian country. She will work in Nghia Lo town of Yen Bai province for two years.

Volunteer Fukada Kaede (second from right) will work in Nghia Lo town for two years.

As part of the programme, Hanazato Nobuhiko, senior advisor to the JICA Volunteer Programme, and a delegation of the Japanese agency had a working session with the Party Committee of Nghia Lo town on March 8.

Hanazato provided a brief introduction of the JICA Volunteer Programme and volunteer Fukada Kaede, who will work in Nghia Lo.

At present, 16 JICA volunteers have been joining the programme in Vietnam, and Fukada Kaede, born in 1994, is among them. She majored in community-based tourism and will work in Nghia Lo town for two years.

At the meeting, Nghia Lo leaders pledged favourable conditions for the volunteer to fulfill her duties, expressing their hope that Fukada will help local tourism develop.

They added this is also a chance for her to learn more about the people and culture of ethnic groups in Nghia Lo town and Yen Bai province as a whole.

Khanh Linh

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