Delegates at the event (Photo: VOV)
Speaking at the event, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha, Deputy Consul General of Vietnam in Sydney, congratulated the UAVS on its achievements in 2021, noting that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the association held many activities to connect Vietnamese students and develop the Vietnamese community in Australia.
She hoped that the association would continue to strengthen its efforts to build a stronger Vietnamese community in the coming time when the Vietnam-Australia direct air route is reopened and the number of Vietnamese students in Australia increases.
According to Ms. Dang Thuy Chi, a representative from the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia said that Australia is a favourite destination for Vietnamese students with about 20,900, forming the fourth largest foreign student community in Australia.
She emphasized that the important role of the community in strengthening the Vietnam-Australia relations, especially in culture and education, as well as in promoting Vietnamese culture in the country.
The association will organize more activities in the future, she said and pledged that the embassy will continue to support and accompany it in the future.
At the conference, a new executive committee of the UAVS for the 2022-2024 tenure was elected.
Mr. Dang Minh Hung, the newly-elected President of the committee, presented the plan of the association in 2022 and thanked the Vietnamese Consulate General in Sydney and the Vietnamese Embassy for supporting the association.
Nguyen Phuc Binh, President of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Australia, pledged to continue to work hard to foster connections among Vietnamese students in the host country, thus contributing to developing the Vietnam-Australia relationship./.