First medical clinic for Vietnamese in Japan becomes operational

A doctor is giving medical check to a patient at T-Matsuoka Medical Clinic Kanda (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – The , the T-Matsuoka
Medical Clinic Kanda in Tokyo, was officially inaugurated on April 28, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties, and received the first patients on May 1.

With a team of both Vietnamese and Japanese doctors
and interpreters, T-Matsuoka Medical Clinic Kanda is expected to become
a reliable medical care destination for the Vietnamese community, helping them
overcome language difficulties when communicating with doctors during the
examination process.

Speaking at the
inauguration ceremony, doctor Matsuoka Yoshinori thanked the Vietnamese and Japanese
Governments for supporting the opening of the first clinic of its kind in Hanoi
and the second in Kanda, Tokyo. He vowed to keep
striving to develop into a
health care bridge between the two countries.

Chargé d’affaires of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan Nguyen Duc Minh described
the opening of the clinic as an important event for not only the Vietnamese
community in Japan but also bilateral ties, especially on the occasion of the
50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.

Vietnamese continue to be the second largest expat community in Japan with over 489,000 at present./.