On March 5 afternoon, 37-year-old Nguyen Huu T. lost his life after being buried by a landslide while installing an underground agricultural water pipeline on a road in Toyama. He was rushed to the hospital but did not make it.

Local police stated that he was the only worker inside the trench at that time.

Another Vietnamese guest worker, who was working with the man, said that as soon as they learned about the incident, all five remaining on-duty workers, one Vietnamese and four Japanese, rushed to dig through the soil to rescue the victim, but their attempts were unsuccessful.

Upon receiving the information, the embassy's Labour Management Board immediately requested the dispatching company to report on the incident and coordinate with relevant parties to handle the matter, including consular procedures.

It also urged relevant sides to review workplace safety to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Fatal workplace accidents on the rise

(VOV) - There has been a significant increase in the number of fatal work-based accidents over the last two years, a labour official said at a press conference in Hanoi on February 26.