Overseas Vietnamese

An Egyptian and his Vietnamese wife have named their restaurant “Ho Chi” to show their respect to President Ho Chi Minh.

Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has highlighted considerable strides Vietnam has made in recent decades at a ceremony in Canberra to mark the 72nd National Day of Vietnam (September 2nd).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du highlighted cooperation attainments between the two countries in recent times at a banquet hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh on September 1st to celebrate the 72nd National Day of Vietnam (September 2nd, 1945).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a ceremony on September 1st to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2nd, 1945).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a ceremony in Berlin on August 31st to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution Day (August 19th) and National Day (September 2nd).

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Khon Kaen province, Thailand, solemnly celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the National Day of Vietnam on August 30th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil on August 28th held a reception to mark the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day.

The National Day of Vietnam at the World Expo 2017 was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Organizing Committee of Expo 2017, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Kazakhstan on August 29th.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Romania organized a meeting and cultural and sports activities on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2nd) on August 27th.

Entrepreneur Dr. Vu Duy Thuc is honoured as one of the 40 most outstanding young people in Silicon Valley.

A ground breaking ceremony to build the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was organized at the Hun Sen Flower Garden in Kep province, Cambodia, on August 27th to express gratitude to the fallen soldiers of both sides.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh organized a diplomatic reception on August 24th at its headquarters, on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the National Day.

A camp titled "SiviDuc-Sommer Camp Jena 2017” was organized by the Vietnamese Student Association in Germany (SiviDuc) in Jena city, Thüringen state, Germany, on August 26th and 27th to mark the 5th anniversary of the establishment of SiviDuc.

The Vietnamese and Lao Embassies in France organized a friendship exchange program in Paris, France, on August 26th, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations, and the 40th anniversary of signing the Vietnam - Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

A delegation from the Ho Chi Minh city Women's Union presented 140 gifts, including some necessities and cash to disadvantaged women and children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 26th.

A Vietnam-RoK cultural exchange festival was held to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of National Day (September 2nd) and the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties (December 22nd) by the OV community and the Vietnamese Women’s Association in RoK (Republic of Korea) at Cheonggye Square in the heart of Seoul on August 27th.

A Vietnamese culinary month was jointly launched by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Lotte Seoul Hotel on August 24th in the RoK’s capital city of Seoul.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Hong Kong and Macau (China) celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the National Day (September 2nd) and 50th anniversary of ASEAN at the Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong on August 23rd.

A ceremony to mark 72nd anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 24th.

Vietnam’s booth at Sorochinsky traditional fair, Ukraine's biggest fair, is being evaluated as one of the stalls attracting a largest number of visitors on August 22nd - 27th.

A seminar about situation of teaching and learning Vietnamese language to overseas Vietnamese and solutions was organized by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) in Hanoi on August 22nd.

The Vietnamese Student Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) on August 19th organized a ceremony to mark its 10th anniversary at Chung Ang University, Seoul (August 25th).

The representative of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines on August 22nd visited Mr. Do Trung Hieu, a crew member of bulk carrier M/V Royal 16 who was kidnapped and held as a hostage from November 2016, newly freed by Filipino functional forces.

The fifth "Vong tay nuoc My" (VTNM5) event was held by the Vietnamese Student and Youth Association in the US, on August 18th - 20th.

A football tournament was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Mozambique to mark the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day, in the capital Maputo between August 19th - 20th.

A high-level delegation of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam placed flowers at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh and visited Ben Tre village in Cuba on August 13th during their working visit to the country.

The Vietnamese Cambodian Physicians Association under the General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians organized free medical examinations, presented medicines free of charge and gifts to the poor in Daun Keo city, Takeo province, Cambodia, on August 20th.

The permanent delegations of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to the United Nations (UN) held the "ASEAN Family Day" at Astoria Park in Queens district, New York, the US, on August 19th.

A summer camp for Vietnamese youths and students in Europe titled “Vietheart Summer Camp” ended with an impressive gala night organized by Vietnamese youths and students in Europe in Prague, the Czech Republic, on August 19th.

After three days of training, the delegation participating in the training course on Vietnamese language for overseas Vietnamese teachers visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Temple of Literature in Hanoi on August 17th.