Overseas Vietnamese teachers in Thailand honoured

Vietnamese Consul General in Khon Kaen Chu Duc Dung and overseas Vietnamese teachers at the event (Photo: VNA)

The event was organized by the General Association of Vietnamese in Thailand and the Vietnamese community in Mukdahan province on November 11 on the occasion of the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20).

Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Consul General in Khon Kaen Chu Duc Dung sent his best wishes to the overseas Vietnamese teachers, saying that with great dedication and experience, they have maintained the teaching and learning of Vietnamese, helping arouse national pride and encourage the young to remember the homeland.

President of the General Association of Vietnamese in Thailand Nguyen Ngoc Thin said that despite facing various challenges, the first generations of Vietnamese in Thailand set up “camps for kids”, and organized the teaching of Vietnamese to their children.

He affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam have paid tribute to the work of the overseas Vietnamese teachers in Thailand, and have organized many trips for them to visit the homeland as well as training courses for the teachers in order to maintain the mother tongue among the Vietnamese Thai community.

At the event, the teachers together sang songs praising the homeland, the country of Vietnam, Uncle Ho and teachers./.