Overseas Vietnamese

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Hong Kong and Macau (China) organized a meeting for overseas Vietnamese in Macau on March 4th.

An event to celebrate Vietnam Poetry Day and International Women’s Day (March 8th) was organized at Sa Pa Trade Centre in Prague, the Czech Republic, on March 2nd.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic attended an orchid diplomacy event held at Prague Botanical Garden on March 1st.

The Government of Cambodia is paving the way to legal citizenship for about 70,000 Vietnamese living in Cambodia with the issuance of residence cards for them, like a green card for immigrants in the US or Canada.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Greece on February 26th worked with the Vietnamese Association in Greece to hold a program to welcome the 2018 lunar New Year.

With an increase in the number of foreigners catching tuberculosis, the Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has requested tuberculosis testing for foreign workers before arriving in the nation.

The Vietnamese - Cambodian General Association and the Vietnamese - Cambodian Doctor Association in Cambodia organized a meeting on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day in Phnom Penh on February 27th.

The Xiangkhouang fellow-countrymen club organized a meeting to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Dog in the capital Vientiane, Laos, on February 26th.

Every year on Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Krakow, Poland, gathers together to organize an event to welcome the traditional festival of the nation.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands on February 24th participated in the International Mother Language Day, held by the Bangladeshi Embassy in the Netherlands, in order to promote diversity of languages and cultures in a world of peace and harmony.

An event was organized by the Italy - Vietnam Cultural Bridge Association to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival in Bologna (Italy) on February 25th.

An event to welcome the new spring was organized on February 22nd by the Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine and Moldova, Ho Chi Minh city, Odessa province and the Overseas Vietnamese Community in Odessa.

The Medicine and Pharmacy Association in Russia organized to mark its 20th anniversary and serving the community to celebrate the Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27th).

Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, organized a meet in early lunar New Year of the Dog on February 25th.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J.Kritenbrink has affirmed that the US wants to strengthen defence cooperation with Vietnam, particularly in the settlement of post-war consequences to enhance mutual trust and understanding.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Jamaica Nguyen Trung Thanh has presented his credentials to Jamaican leaders who affirmed that Jamaica is willing to develop its friendship and cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economics.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Jamaica Nguyen Trung Thanh has presented his credentials to Jamaican leaders who affirmed that Jamaica is willing to develop its friendship and cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economics.

Overseas Vietnamese students in Toronto, Canada, organized a music program to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dog (Tet) on February 19th.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union at Pushkin State Russian Language Institute organized an art program to celebrate the traditional lunar New Year Festival (Tet) in the capital Moscow on February 21st.

Second winner of Miss Vietnam - New York 2017 Carolina Do is a model, actress and singer in the US. With her Vietnamese blood, she always wants to introduce the history, culture, cuisine and people of Vietnam to international friends.

The 15th Sakia Cultural Festival was organized by Egypt’s El Sawy Cultural Centre in Cairo on February 21st and 22nd.

Many Vietnamese in the US travelled to pagodas over the first few days of the Lunar New Year to offer their prayers for a felicitous year in 2018.

Many Vietnamese expatriates in France have chosen pagodas in Paris suburbs to visit during the very first days of the lunar New Year (Tet), an age-old tradition of Vietnamese people.

Many activities celebrating Vietnamese traditional new year festival (Tet), which falls on February 16 this year, have been held among the Vietnamese community abroad.

(CPV) – On the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018, Vietnam News Agency interviewed Mr. Vu Hong Nam, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the State Committee of the Overseas Vietnamese Affairs about the achievements in 2017 and directions for the coming time.

Officials and experts said that overseas Vietnamese intellectuals are one important resource in creating a driving force for the development of the start-up ecosystem, contributing to developing the national economy.

Vietnamese people in Belgium, South Africa and Japan welcomed the Lunar New Year (Tet) with ceremonies on February 11th, with Vietnam’s biggest traditional festival approaching.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan and representatives of the Embassy on February 11th visited and presented gifts to families affected by a market fire in Cheb city last year.

Officials and experts said that overseas Vietnamese intellectuals are one important resource in creating a driving force for the development of the start-up ecosystem, contributing to developing the national economy.

More than 500 Vietnamese expatriates in Myanmar have joined in a celebration for Tet (Lunar New Year) festival recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy, enterprises and Vietnamese people community.