MIA NEWS (199)ed., Jan (5)Miyakonojo International Association

Miyakonojo International Association
4-1 Himegi-cho, Miyakonojo-shi,Miyazaki-ken, Japan 885-0073
TEL 0986-23-2295 FAX 0986-23-3223
http://miyakonojo-mia.com
E-mail mia@btvm.ne.jp

Hi everyone!
Hello! Nice to meet you everyone! My name is Phung Thi Dai
Trang! Everyone around me calls me Dai-chan. Chan is anactual part of my name but in Japanese “chan” is often attached to cute girl’s names. Therefore, I’ve taken a liking tothe name and I want all of you to call me Dai-chan as well!

financially beneficial, I decided to study Japanese. I
picked Japanese because I
heard Japan was a safecountry (sorry for it not being a super deep reason!). 3months after resolving tostudy, I moved to Japan.
Then, I entered Miyazaki
City’s Miyazaki Information
Business Medical College and studied Japanese for 3 years.
During which, I often exchanged with all sorts of people fromvarious countries and went to Miyazaki’s famous tourist spots.
At first I came here for the mediocre motivation that it’s a safecountry but I’ve come to thoroughly love Japan.

Now then, I’m Vietnamese. When you think of Vietnam, whatcomes to mind? For food, probably pho and fresh spring rolls
right? But in Vietnam we also have so many other delicious
foods like Bún bò Huế or bún bò and Bánh xèo. Bún bò ismade with rice-based noodles and tonkotsu soup that you put
boiled beef into. Bánh xèo is Vietnamese okonomiyaki. Riceflour is used as dough; sandwiching your preferred ingredients. They are both delicious, so if you go to either a Vietnamese restaurant or Vietnam, please try them! By the way, in thepast I’ve actually taught classes on Vietnamese cuisine toMiyakonojo residents through the MIA’s “Cooking Classroom”. After finishing vocational school, I began work at a company inIf I get the chance I’ll participate again so everyone please Miyakonojo as a translator. I’ve worked there for 5 years. Durcome!
ing these 5 years I’ve traveled to so many places. Since I
grew up in a coastal town, I love nature. Additionally, since I
When you think of Vietnam you might think of the northern city studied fashion in college, when I go sightseeing I like to takeHanoi (the capital) or the southern city Ho Chi Minh. However, pictures posing as a model. Of course, not just modeling but
I am from a small town in the middle part of Vietnam named actually sightseeing is fun too! Lol. I also do instagram so if
Qui Nhon. Since Qui Nhon is a coastal town, lately, resorts you see my profile please send me a message!
are steadily being developed. The seafood is also delicious,
so please visit! Since the atmosphere is similar to Miyazaki- Lately, I feel like the Miyakonojo Vietnamese population isken, sometimes when I look at the sunny open sea I remem- rising. At my company I translate as a Vietnamese technicalber my hometown. FYI, even though I was born on the coast intern trainee but from now on as well I want to help my counI’m a bad swimmer lol.
try's people. I will go to great effort if bridges of cross-culturalconnection between Vietnam and Japan are built.
I was raised in Qui Nhon until I graduated high school but thenI moved to Ho Chi Minh for college. There, I studied fashion From hereafter as well, I want to contribute to Miyakonojo. Ifand sewing. After graduating college I worked at a sewing you see me around town please call out!
company but since being able to speak a foreign language isInformation & Notices
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