Every time when Tet comes to Spring, the family of Mr. Do Van Thanh and Ms. Huyen Trang in Tokyo (Japan) invite friends to their house to pack Chung cake together and prepare a tray of rice to worship the ancestors. bring a warm Tet atmosphere for family and friends, and help children better understand the traditional cultural beauty of the Vietnamese nation.
Unlike last year, this year, the family of Mr. Thanh and Ms. Trang bought a new apartment in the form of installment payments according to the preferential policy of the Japanese government, helping to improve the atmosphere. celebrate Tet family becomes happier.
The joy of this young couple is also doubled when they see that their homeland of Vietnam is thriving after the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing with a Vietnam News Agency reporter in Tokyo, Ms. Huyen Trang said: “Last New Year’s Eve, my family and I returned home for the first time in 5 years. I was really surprised by the strong development of the country.
In particular, despite the unstable world situation, in 2022, Vietnam’s economy will still maintain an impressive growth rate. I hope that this year, the country will have stronger breakthroughs.”
[Tăng cường gắn kết trong cộng đồng người Việt Nam tại Nhật Bản]
Previously, speaking at the Community New Year event organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on January 15, Mr. Nguyen Duc Minh, Chargé d’affaires of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japaninformed overseas Vietnamese that in 2022, the world will continue to witness many big and complicated changes with many difficulties and challenges.
In that context, with the spirit of solidarity, consensus and efforts of the entire nation, Vietnam has achieved important and quite comprehensive achievements in many fields.
In 2022, Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 8.02%, the highest in the 2011-2022 period. Realized foreign direct investment capital in Vietnam in 2022 is estimated at nearly US$22.4 billion, up 13.5% over the previous year.
This is the highest amount of foreign direct investment in the past 5 years. Total import and export turnover was estimated at 732.5 billion USD, up 9.5% over the previous year and a record high in recent years, of which Vietnam had a trade surplus of 11.2 billion USD.
On the other hand, in Japan, although the COVID-19 epidemic situation has subsided, the country’s economy still faces many difficulties. Notably, in the third quarter of 2022, the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) unexpectedly fell by 1.2% year-on-year, mainly due to increased imports and increased personal consumption. lower than forecast. This is the first time the index has fallen in the last four quarters.
Meanwhile, inflation in Japan continues to accelerate, threatening the still fragile recovery of the economy. Particularly in December 2022, the country’s basic consumer price index (CPI) increased by 4% over the same period last year, the highest since 1981 and for the 16th consecutive month, this index increased. .
Mr. Do Minh Thinh, one Vietnamese people In Japan, confided that in 2022, the sharp fall of the yen and high commodity prices have made life difficult for the Japanese in general and the Vietnamese in Japan in particular. Even so, young Vietnamese families are still optimistic about the future.
Thinh hopes that in 2023, everything will be better, the epidemic will be controlled and the Japanese economy will be restored, making the life of the Vietnamese community better.
A cultural performance at the 2023 Community New Year in Japan on January 15. (Photo: Dao Thanh Tung/VNA)Pham Tuan (VNA/Vietnam+)