Love for Nghe An of 2 Japanese citizens

Mr. Masahiro Miyagawa - Director of Yabashi Limestone Mining Company - Vietnam

I learned about Masahiro Miyagawa in 2014, when I went to Yabashi Limestone Mining Company - Vietnam (Chau Cuong Commune, Quy Hop District) to learn about the activities of the Party cell at this 100% foreign-owned enterprise. When I entered the company headquarters, a few Japanese people came to welcome me. After greeting them, they went to work to give me and the Party members some private space.

At the end of the conversation, I asked to meet the Japanese Director to say thank you. Party Secretary Dao Van Xuan said that as soon as I arrived, he came out to greet me.

Masahiro Miyagawa - Director of Yabashi Limestone Mining Company - Vietnam (second from right). Photo: Nhat Lan

Masahiro Miyagawa - Company Director born in 1973 is a simple, rustic and approachable person. He was very open, answering the questions we were interested in.

In 2014, Masahiro Miyagawa had been in Nghe An for 10 years. Currently, he is still the Director of Yabashi Limestone Mining Company - Vietnam. In that conversation, he commented on the people of Nghe An: "The people of the homeland of Phan Boi Chau and Ho Chi Minh are people with very high aspirations...".

After living in Vietnam for a long time, Masahiro Miyagawa married a woman from Hanoi.When asked: "Through the media, I see that Japanese women are beautiful and virtuous, why did you choose to marry a Vietnamese woman?". Masahiro Miyagawa smiled happily: "To me, Vietnamese women are very beautiful and kind, it's just that they are terrible at managing their husbands...".

Yuko Anma - President of Abasa Association - Vietnam

Mr. Yuko Anma lives in Higashi Asaba village, Fukuroi city, Umeyama province, about 1 km from where Phan Boi Chau placed a stele to show gratitude to his loyal and devoted friend - Doctor Asaba.

In early April 2019, when he learned that a delegation of officers, reporters, and employees of Nghe An Newspaper came to visit the memorial stele, Yuko Anma took the time to welcome the delegation. The President of the Asaba Association is 75 years old, but he is still very smart, active, and has a deep understanding of the life, background, and career of patriot Phan Boi Chau and the relationship between Mr. Phan and Doctor Asaba.

Mr. Yuko Anma (sitting in the middle) took a souvenir photo with the delegation of officers, reporters, and employees of Nghe An Newspaper at the gratitude monument (Fukuroi city, Umeyama province, Japan) in April 2019. Photo: Duc Anh

For Yuko Anma, Phan Boi Chau is a revolutionary and a symbol of patriotism. He affirmed that Phan Boi Chau's patriotism is not only known in Vietnam but also in Japan. That is why, when the Emperor and Empress of Japan visited Vietnam in 2017, they visited the relics of Phan Boi Chau in Hue city; at the end of 2018, they visited the relics of the gratitude stele.

Yuko Anma has been to Nghe An 10 times and he has many good memories of the land and people of Nghe An. Yuko Anma introduced to us many souvenir photos of him with people in Nghe An who helped Asaba Association achieve success in their work. And also the photos and articles about the activities of Asaba Association that Nghe An Newspaper published were taken by him.

Mr. Yuko Anma introduced the Certificate of Merit awarded to him by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the delegation of Nghe An Newspaper. Photo: Nhat Lan

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