The Vietnamese government has sent US$100,000 in aid to Japan following the torrential rains and floods which battered the country earlier this month.

A representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the aid directly to Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio during a meeting in Hanoi on Thursday.

Ambassador Kunio expressed his gratitude towards the valuable and timely support from the Vietnamese government and people. 

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a message to his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe on July 8 to express his condolences over the losses caused by a slew of deadly floods and landslides which hit Japan on July 5 and continued for several days.

On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also expressed his sympathies to Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono.

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio receives the support from the Vietnamese government in Hanoi on July 19, 2018. Photo: Vietnam News Agency

Torrential rains across western Japan earlier this month triggered floods and landslides that killed more than 200 people and left over a dozen missing in Japan’s worst weather disaster in 36 years, according to Reuters.

As of July 9, over 10,000 people had no electricity, while hundreds of thousands were without water.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe canceled an overseas trip to help the country deal with the natural disaster.

Such rainfall was unprecedented and disaster experts have suggested torrential rains are becoming more frequent in the East Asian nation due to global warming.

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