A program was organized by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Khon Kaen province on January 29 to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival – the longest and biggest traditional holiday of Vietnam for overseas Vietnamese in Thailand.

A meeting was organized on January 29 between the working delegation of the Vietnam Centre for Overseas Labour (Colab) and representatives from the Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ansan city to promote the implementation of support activities for Vietnamese labourers in the RoK.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland held a programme celebrating the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival on January 22, the first day of Tet, with overseas Vietnamese, students and trainees taking part.

Overseas Vietnamese people in Japan, Israel, Slovakia, and Czech Republic have celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a warm atmosphere in line with Vietnamese traditions.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has freshly organised a get-together with musical performances, a lucky draw, and a firework display to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest and longest annual traditional festival.

Each overseas Vietnamese (OV) is an ambassador and an important bridge to bring Vietnam to the world and vice versa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu wrote in his Lunar New Year greeting letter sent to overseas Vietnamese worldwide.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France on January 18 held a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973-2023).

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands has held an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival, the biggest traditional festival in a year of Vietnamese people for nearly 500 overseas Vietnamese in the country and those evacuated from Ukraine.

The 2023 Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) program has been held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Tanzania to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has organized an art troupe to serve overseas Vietnamese in Europe, who are unable to return to the homeland to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) from January 13-29.

Consul General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main Le Quang Long on January 16 paid a courtesy visit to Ms. Astrid Wallmann, new President of the State Parliament of Hessen.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India on January 16 handed over the decision to appoint Ms. Velagapudi Kavitha Dutt as Honorary Consul of Vietnam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

A Homeland Spring program was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Denmark on January 15 to celebrate Tet, the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese people with the participation of more than 200 overseas Vietnamese, representatives of the Denmark-Vietnam Friendship Association and Danish friends.

A congress was organized to establish the Association of Vietnamese Experts and Intellectuals in Denmark at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Denmark on January 15.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, in collaboration with the Khmer-Vietnamese Association’s provincial chapter and the sponsor Metfone Company - Cambodian affiliate of Vietnam’s telecoms group Viettel presented 100 gift packages to disadvantaged Vietnamese – Cambodian families on January 16.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India coordinated with the Vietnamese Association in Chennai and the Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Tamil Nadu to organize the Community Tet festival 2023 in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu State on January 15.

An event was co-held by the Vietnamese Family Partnership (VFP) and the Vietnamese Association in the UK (VAUK) to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) for overseas Vietnamese in the United Kingdom (UK) on January 15.

A program was organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia on January 15 to celebrate Tet, the biggest traditional festival of Vietnam.

Young overseas Vietnamese in the Netherlands recently gathered to learn how to make Chung (square glutinous rice) cake – the soul of Tet (Lunar New Year Festival), which is the biggest traditional holiday of Vietnam in the year.

A Homeland Spring program was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on January 8 to bring a warm Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere to the Vietnamese community in the host nation.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina recently held a meeting to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) with the participation of a large number of overseas Vietnamese, representative agencies and families, students and sailors living, working and studying across Argentina.

On the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), the biggest festival of the year of Vietnamese people, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent greetings to Vietnamese people living in Canada and around the world.

Vietnamese charity foundation Sen Vang (Golden Lotus) in Berlin has provided support for many disadvantaged people in Vietnam, Germany, Europe and Africa since it was set up in 2014.

The Canada - Vietnam Society (CVS) on January 8 held a cultural festival to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Cat.

The Khmer - Vietnam Association in Cambodia on January 9 presented Tet gifts donated by telecoms company Metfone to 200 disadvantaged Vietnamese-origin families in Phnom Penh.

The Vietnamese Embassy in China on January 9 held an intimate meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese community living, studying and working in China on the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Cat 2023.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India on January 7 organized an event for the overseas Vietnamese community in India to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) at the new headquarters of the Embassy.

The Homeland Spring (Xuan Que Huong) Program was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the US on January 6 (US time) in Washington D.C. to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year of the Cat.

Ho Chi Minh City held a get-together on January 7 for outstanding overseas Vietnamese who return home to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest national festival.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong and officials and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Indonesia on the afternoon of January 5 had a meeting to encourage coach Park Hang-seo and players of the Vietnamese national football team before the first leg semi-final of the AFF Cup 2022 on January 6 in Bung Karno.