Overseas Vietnamese

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.

The 41st Vietnamese Teachers’ Day was celebrated at the Hanoi-Moscow trade centre (Incentra) on November 19.

A tea party was organized by the Women’s Union of the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane on November 17 in order to tighten connections among domestic and foreign female diplomats in Laos.

Lavie International Hospital for Vietnamese expatriates in Laos was inaugurated in Vientiane capital on November 18.

A talk on the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on November 15 for the Vietnamese community in the country.

The opening ceremony of a photo exhibition themed “Vietnam: Charming and Dynamic” has been co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico and the government of Mexico City on Reforma Avenue, the largest central avenue of Mexico and Latin America.

President Vo Van Thuong met with Vietnamese expats on November 15 (local time) as part of his trip to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in San Francisco.

The Vietnamese Students' Association in Hungary has recently organized its 5th congress for the 2023-2025 term in Budapest.

The 5th Homeland Spring will be held at Tenjinchuo Park, Japan's Fukuoka prefecture on January 20-21.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar has promptly devised plans to protect and ensure the safety of Vietnamese citizens living and working in some northern states, which have seen complex security developments in recent days.