Overseas Vietnamese

A ceremony was held to mark the 30th anniversary of arriving in Ukraine’s Odessa (June 15th) by former Vietnamese workers of leather and shoe factories and former overseas Vietnamese students in Odessa in the 1980s.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicked off in Russia on June 14th, attracted interest of many Vietnamese expats living, working and studying in the Czech Republic and offered a chance for them to promote exchanges and tighten their solidarity.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Russian Federation launched a movement to celebrate the World Cup 2018 on June 13th.

A cultural and sports exchange between the Overseas Vietnamese communities in Bulgaria and Romania has been organized in Sofia city, Bulgaria.

The Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Overseas Vietnamese Student and the Overseas Vietnamese Student Association in Beijing for the 2018-2020 period were organized in Beijing, China on June 10th.

Mr. Vu Hong Nam, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese, paid a working visit to the Republic of Vanuatu on June 8th and 9th.

Alma Vietnam 2018, a gala was organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Cuba to introduce Vietnam’s special cultural features to Cuban friends.

The Vietnamese Buddhist Association and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the United Kingdom (UK) on June 10th organized a requiem to pray for soldiers, who sacrificed themselves to protect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the sea and islands, at 2000 Community Action Centre, Deptford, London.

A forum themed “Economic Cooperation Opportunities with Vietnam” in Romania was recently organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Romania and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania’s Prahova province in late May to introduce cooperation potential in the fields of tourism and labour.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Vu Hong Nam had a working visit to Tahiti, the largest island of French Polynesia, one of 118 islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean in early June.

A photo exhibition themed “Vietnam: Land and people” held by the Vietnamese Embassy, Ukraine - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Group and Ukraine - Vietnam Friendship Association, opened at the headquarters of the Ukrainian Parliament on June 5th.

A Vietnamese class was opened at the Hanoi Trade Centre by the Consulate General of Vietnam and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Sverdlovsk province for Vietnamese children in Ekaterinburg city, Russian Federation.

The German Open Golf Tournament under the European Vietnamese Golf Association (EVGA) Tour Championship 2018 was organized at Schloss Wilkendorf Golf Club in Berlin suburb on June 5th.

An event was organized to welcome the International Children’s Day and open a summer Vietnamese class 2018 for Vietnamese children in Bulgaria at Lotus Club, Iliyantsi Trade Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 1st.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia recently introduced a stall displaying tourism products of Vietnam at the 4th tourism exhibition held by the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Nguyen Ngoc Son presented his credentials to Chilean President Sebastian Piñera Echenique on June 4th.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa recently presented 41 precious books in English about Vietnam to the library of Leiden University.

A football tournament was organized by the Vietnamese Students' Association in Western Australia (VISAWA) on June 3rd, 2018.

The Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts in Switzerland (AVIES) was established on June 2nd and its executive board was debuted at the headquarters of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on May 30th organized a conference to meet overseas Vietnamese businesses in 2018 to share experience and create more favourable conditions for them to invest and do business in the country.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco Nguyen Thiep presented his letter of credentials from State President Tran Dai Quang to Monaco’s Prince Albert II on May 29th.

The Khmer Vietnamese Association in Cambodia presented gifts to poor overseas Vietnamese and Cambodians in Phnom Penh on May 25th.

The 20th Prague international art festival 2018 named “Prague - Heart of nations” was organized in Prague on May 24th -28th.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee Commission for Mass Mobilization, led by its Deputy Head Tran Thi Bich Thuy, has paid a working visit to the Netherlands to review work related to overseas Vietnamese in the country.

A commemoration of Ho Chi Minh’s 128th birth anniversary took place at the memorial site dedicated to the Vietnamese President in Montreau Park in the French city of Montreuil.

The Vietnam Festival 2018 kicked off at Yoyogi park in the Japanese capital of Tokyo on May 19th on the occasion of the 128th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria held a ceremony in Algiers on May 17th to pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 128th birthday (May 19th, 1890-2018).

The authority of St. Petersburg city on May 17th held a ceremony to celebrate the 95th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s first visit to Russia (June 30th).

VTVGo, an online TV service of Vietnam Television, on May 16th opened its agency in Prague, the Czech Republic.

An exhibition themed “Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh with Vietnam - Russia friendship” was organized by the Ho Chi Minh Presidential Palace Historical Site, Exhibition Centre of the Russian Journalists’ Association and Russian Peace Foundation in Moscow on May 17th.