Ceremony held to mark 30th anniversary of arriving Ukraine’s Odessa

Speaking at the event, Truong Van Hung, Deputy Chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Odessa, and Head of the organizing board, recounted unforgettable memories when just arriving in Odessa, difficulties when the Soviet Union disbanded and the solidarity of the Vietnamese community to overcome challenges to have such current life.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan congratulated overseas Vietnamese in Odessa on their achievements over the past 30 years, including contributions of former Vietnamese workers of leather and shoe factories and former overseas Vietnamese students in the 1980s.     

As a former overseas Vietnamese student in the Soviet Union, he also shared unforgettable sentiment when just arriving in the country. The ambassador wished the Vietnamese community to be always healthy, successful and contributing more to build Vietnam, Ukraine and the Vietnam - Ukraine friendship.

During the meeting with the leaders of the overseas Vietnamese association in Odessa on June 16^th before the working delegation of the embassy returned to Kiev, the ambassador repeated that in spite of being busy, he had paid three visits to Odessa in less than six months of 2018, which showed the attention of the embassy to the overseas Vietnamese community in Odessa in particular and Ukraine in general./.