Overseas Vietnamese

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

An event was co-organized by the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association (MVFA) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia on October 20 in Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the women's union and the 8th anniversary of the Vietnamese language club in the country.

The United Associations of Vietnamese Students in New South Wales (UAVS-NSW) organized the final night of the "UAVS Start Up Challenge" on October 19, gathering students with a passion for technology and startups living and working in New South Wales.

The Vietnam Women's Association in Kansai region coordinated with the Trade Union of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka (Japan) on October 18 to organize an event celebrating the 94th anniversary of the Vietnam Women's Union (October 20, 1930 - October 20, 2024), 14th anniversary of the Vietnamese Women's Day and launching the Japan Ao Dai Library.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on October 18 met with the Vietnamese Embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Laos as part of his official visit to the neighbouring country and attendance at the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45).

The DGB Financial Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea (VSAK) on October 16 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide programs to protect Vietnamese students from financial fraud.

The overseas Vietnamese community in Norway has recently donated 130,300 NOK (nearly 12,000 USD) to support people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floods and landslides.

Vietnamese citizens in the Middle East have been safe amidst conflicts in the region, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on October 17.

The Vietnam Football Association in the Republic of Korea (VFAK) and the Daejeon-based IC Food Company signed a cooperation agreement in Seoul on October 16 promoting football development among overseas Vietnamese in the country.

Governor of Fukushima Uchibori Masao on October 17 visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to hand over a donation in cash from the Japanese prefecture's residents to support Vietnamese people to recover from Typhoon Yagi.

Overseas Vietnamese in Laos have presented 1,000 gifts, including blankets, clothes, and necessities, among others worth 400 million LAK (over 12,800 USD) to people impacted by floods in September in Huaphanh province, northern Laos.

Remittances sent by overseas Vietnamese to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to surge about 10% in 2024 from a record high of 9.46 billion USD in 2023, according to Nguyen Duc Lenh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Ho Chi Minh City Branch.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the union of Vietnamese associations in Japan are exerting citizen protection efforts after two Vietnamese workers went missing while fishing off the coast of Ibaraki prefecture on October 12.

A delegation from the Vietnam-Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) on October 14 visited, encouraged and presented gifts to the people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

An event was organized by the Vietnamese Business Association in Laos (AVILA) in Vientiane on October 13 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day and honour Vietnamese businesses’ contributions for the socio-economic development of Vietnam and Laos as well as cooperation between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Student Association in Singapore held “V-Challenge 2024: Intellectual Arena” at Curtin University, attracting a large number of Vietnamese students in the host country.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception on October 11 for Professors Tran Thanh Van and Le Minh Ngoc – the founders of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) and a group of its scientists and researchers.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia held a ceremony on October 10 to receive donations from Cambodian organizations and individuals to support natural disaster victims in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh presented the Friendship Order to Dr. Guido Hildner, former Ambassador of Germany to Vietnam, in Berlin on October 9 to recognize his significant contribution to strengthening the strategic partnership and friendship between the two countries during his tenure, which ended in mid-2024.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hien, Chairman of the Federation of Vietnamese Associations in Germany, General Director of Dong Xuan Trade Center in Berlin, on October 9 presented over 200,887 EUR (220,000 USD), which is collected among the community in the country to Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc to support people affected by Typhoon Yagi in the homeland.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Committee for Overseas Vietnamese will organize a conference to implement the project 'Policy to effectively promote remittance resources in HCMC from now until 2030' and honor outstanding overseas Vietnamese on the occasion of the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs' Day (October 13).

The Vietnam - Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association in Osaka, Japan, in coordination with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka, on October 7 organized a ceremony to debut the "Vietnam Studies Center".

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam recently received Mr. Simon White, Chairman of the Australia-Vietnam Business Council in Queensland.

Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU), a union of Vietnamese students' organisations in the country recently held its third congress in Sydney with the participation of more than 100 Vietnamese students from all localities in Australia in both in-person and online forms.

An event for Vietnamese women in Japan to share their knowledge, experience, secrets of success, and balance between family and work was held in Tokyo on October 6 to celebrate Vietnamese Women's Day (October 20).

A music night themed "I love Vietnam" was held by the Vietnamese community with the support of the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore at the MusArt Co-Create art center on October 5 to raise funds to support people in disaster-hit areas in Vietnam.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam appreciated the contributions made by overseas Vietnamese (OV) intellectuals in the Francophone countries to the homeland while meeting them on October 5 (local time) as part of his trip to France for attendance at the 19th Francophonie Summit and an official visit to the country.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam and his spouse visited the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane on October 4, during which they congratulated teachers of the education establishment on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Lao Teacher's Day (October 7, 1994 - 2024).

The Vietnamese community in Hungary has raised 44,000 EUR (about 1.2 billion VND) in over two weeks, a record number in charity campaigns in recent years, to support people affected by super Typhoon Yagi in the homeland.

A delegation of the Ministry of Information and Communications led by Minister Nguyen Manh Hung had an exchange with Vietnamese students who are studying and researching information technology (IT) in Russia.