Overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Embassy in Washington DC recently held a seminar on business investment in the United States (US) with Vietnamese businesses, which were attending the Select USA Investment Summit in 2024 held from June 23-26 at National Harbor, Maryland.

Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat had a meeting on June 26 in Berlin with scientists and intellectuals of the Vietnamese origin in Germany to listen to their policy proposals and answer their queries, towards promoting scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries.

The Thanh Hoa Fellow-countrymen Association in the Czech Republic on June 23 held its 5th Congress and marked its 20th founding anniversary.

The 11th Vietnamese Ambassador’s Golf Cup has been held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium and Chris Geyskens, Chairwoman of the Belgium chapter of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) in Hoi An in Genappe town of Belgium in order to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Hoi An city, Quang Nam central province.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dang Xuan Dung on June 24 attended the opening ceremony of the first luxury supermarket Spinneys in Saudi Arabia and worked with leaders of this supermarket chain.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Morocco Dang Thi Thu Ha has been awarded the Moroccan Royal Medal for her outstanding contributions to relations between the two countries during her term as Vietnamese Ambassador to Morocco from 2020-2023.

The Permanent Mission to the United Nations of ASEAN member countries and Timor Leste observer has solemnly organized ASEAN Family Day 2024 with the participation of more than 1,000 officers, employees and family members of representative agencies of the 11 countries in New York.

No Vietnamese citizens were injured or killed in the blaze at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong province, an industrial cluster 50km to the southwest of Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on June 24, the local authority told the Vietnamese Embassy.

The Vietnamese Women’s Union in Hungary has held a ceremony to mark its 20th founding anniversary.

Overseas Vietnamese delegates will attend the working group 'Overseas Vietnamese journey to the homeland's sea and islands' to visit officers and soldiers of the Naval Region 5 in Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province from June 25-29.

The Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 has been held by the Vietnam Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel on June 23 warned Vietnamese citizens here to increase safety and security measures in the context of the recent increased risk of a full-scale conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah force on the northern border with Lebanon.

Members of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association (MVFA) on June 22 were presented a free blood test and eye examination package worth 520 MYR (110 USD) by the Sunway Medical Centre, one of the leading modern medical facilities in Malaysia.

Vietnam Young Academy (VYA) will organize an academic seminar on nanomaterials applied in Medicine, Biology and health care on June 29.

A ceremony was held in Oudomxay province on June 18 to handover and repatriate remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during the wartime in the six northern localities of Laos.

Responding to the call of the Vietnamese Women's Forum in Europe, Vietnamese women from 14 member countries of the forum in Europe organized donations to support small businesses severely affected in the fire at the Trade Centre at No. 44 Marywilska in Poland’s capital Warsaw, causing heavy damage to property.

The working delegation of the Vietnam - Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) led by Dr. Tran Hai Linh, Member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairman of the VKBIA, and the working delegation of Yen Bai province led by Mr. Tran Huy Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, paid a working visit to Jeollanam-do province to implement cooperation program between localities of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on June 14-16.

In honour of the Day of the African Child (June 16), the United Nations (UN) Police Gender Affairs Office in South Sudan, alongside several partners, reached out to students in an internally displaced person (IDP) camp.

A football tournament for the Vietnamese community in the Kyushu region, southern Japan was organized by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka, the Association of Vietnamese People in Fukuoka (AVF), and the Association of Vietnamese Trade and Investment Promotion Enterprises in Kyushu (VITK) on June 16.

The first health insurance program for family members of Vietnamese guest workers has been launched by Yamanashi prefecture of Japan in order to attract foreign labourers amid the shrinking population and growing global competition for human resources.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) and the Hanoi Bar Association signed the 2024 Work Coordination Plan in Hanoi on June 11.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Duong Hoai Nam and leaders of a number of overseas Vietnamese associations on June 10 visited, encouraged, donated and provided material support to a number of business households affected by the fire at the Vietnamese SAPA Trade Center in Prague, the Czech Republic.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese Businessmen Association in Angola has been officially established in Luanda after a year of preparation.

The Embassies of ASEAN countries in Caracas have recently coordinated with Venezuela’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassies of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to organize the 2024 ASEAN-CARICOM friendship football tournament.

Responding to the launch of the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV), the Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia and the Vietnamese Businessmen Association in Mongolia have recently organized a fundraising ceremony to support the Program "Lighting up the border" in Cao Bang province.

A fire occurred at the Sapa shopping centre of Vietnamese people in Prague in the early morning of June 10, destroying six stalls worth about 2 million CZK (over 87,200 USD).

The Vietnamese Embassy has recently held a ceremony to honour collectives and individuals for their outstanding achievements in overseas Vietnamese affairs in 2023.

A free online Vietnamese language program has been launched virtually in the United Kingdom (UK) for more than 200 overseas Vietnamese children across the country.

A Vietnamese Studies Center has been launched by the College of Asian Scholars (CAS) and the Vietnamese Consulate General in Khon Kaen at the college's campus.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic has introduced typical dishes and products of Vietnam at the 7th edition of the Food and Culture Embassy Festival in Prague.