Overseas Vietnamese

In order to preserve and develop national cultural values, the Association of Traditional Vietnamese Art Lovers in Germany recently organized a program named "Folk songs in the hearts of expatriates" at the Cultural House of Dong Xuan Trade Center in Germany’s Berlin.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) will be organized in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1-2, 2024 (the 22nd and 23rd days of the 12th Lunar month).

More than 300 Vietnamese students in the Czech Republic participated in a career orientation conference jointly held by the Vietnam Youth and Students Association and the networks of Vietnamese intellectuals and experts in Czech Republic (NVIEC) on December 10 in Prague.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh, rotating chairman of the Berlin ASEAN Committee (BAC), handed over the chairmanship role to Brunei after the committee’s seventh meeting held on December 11.

An event entitled "The Debaters" was held by the Vietnamese Professionals in Japan (VPJ) on December 10 in Tokyo’s Chuo district.

The final round of the football tournament “FAVIJA KANSAI CUP 2023” took place at Redsland Stadium in Japan’s Saitama province on December 10.

A ceremony was held in Paris on December 10 by the Vietnam Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) to officially launch its operations in France.

A Vietnam labour day was held by the Vietnam Labor Management Board in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in coordination with the EPS Labor Management Office at Gyeonggi College of Science and Technology in RoK’s Siheung city on December 10 with the participation of 300 people.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 8 visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand as part of his ongoing visit to the Southeast Asian country.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 9 cut the ribbon to launch the Vietnam Town in Thailand's northeastern Udon Thani province, which is the first in Thailand and the world.

ASEAN member countries in Venezuela jointly organized an ASEAN Day and an ASEAN food fair in Caracas on December 7 in order to introduce the cultural identity and people of ASEAN to local friends.

Vietnamese handicraft producers are among nearly 2,600 companies from 86 countries taking part in "Artigiano in Fiera", an international craft exhibition held in Milan, Italy from December 2 to 10.

Mr. Nitin Kapoor, President and General Director of AstraZeneca Vietnam Company, was awarded the Friendship Medal ofoff the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia led by Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh has recently come to the Lao Embassy in Canberra to express congratulations on the 48th anniversary of the National Day of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (December 2, 1975 - December 2, 2023).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Kuwait on December 5 held a ceremony to celebrate the 36th anniversary of UNESCO's Resolution honoring President Ho Chi Minh as "Hero of national liberation, outstanding cultural figure of Vietnam".

A congress was held in Berlin on December 3 to establish the federation of overseas Vietnamese associations in Germany.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka attended an international charity fair, which was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and foreign embassies, diplomatic delegations and enterprises on December 2.

A Vietnamese cultural space was set up the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France in collaboration with the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the Vietnamese Culture and Tourism Promotion Association in Europe (APCTV) at the Asian fair 2023 (Salon d’Asie 2023) held in France’s Lyon city on December 2-3 with the participation of about 62.000 visitors.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in coordination with the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Central Committee organized a delegation of the Buddhist An Nam sect and representatives of overseas Vietnamese in Thailand on a visit to Vietnam from November 28 – December 4.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, visited and gave gifts to a number of outstanding Vietnamese intellectuals in Connecticut on the occasion of Christmas 2023, New Year 2024 and Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) of Dragon.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung recently received and had an intimate exchange with the delegation of the Vietnam-Korea Businessmen & Investment Association (VKBIA).

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Israel led by Ambassador Ly Duc Trung on November 26 visited Vietnamese students at the Arava International Center for Agriculture Training (AICAT) in the south of Israel as the Israel-Hamas temporary truce came into effect on November 24.

A ceremony was held on November 25 to make debut the Vietnam-Japan Experts’ Society (VJS) at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture.

About 700 Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar are staying in temporarily safe areas and information about many others is now being verified in the context of the complicated security situation in some northern states of the country, said Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang on November 23.

Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Van Nghi recently received Mr. Pedro Da Oliveira, Secretary General of the Brazil - Vietnam Friendship Association (ABRAVIET), at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil, who greeted and congratulated the Ambassador and his spouse for receiving his working term in Brazil (2023-2026).

A ceremony was held by Sen Vang (Golden Lotus), a Vietnamese charity foundation in Berlin, to mark its 10th founding anniversary on November 19.

A ceremony was organized to establish a club named “Love Hanoi" in Paris on November 18 to spread the love for the homeland among the Vietnamese community in France.

A ceremony was held by the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school in Vientiane on November 20 to celebrate Vietnamese Teacher’s Day (November 20, 1982-2023).

A ceremony has been held recently by the AWO Vietnamese-language school in Berlin to mark its 15th founding anniversary and the 41st Vietnamese Teachers’ Day.

The Thailand-Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-Myanmar Business Forum 2023 was organized in Thailand’s Udon Thani province from November 17-19 to promote connection among enterprises in the five countries.