Overseas Vietnamese

The 4th meeting of the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang fellow-countrymen association was organized in Mainz city, Rheinland-Pfalz state, Germany, on June 4th.

The Congress of the General Association of Overseas Vietnamese in Belgium was organized at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Brussels on June 4th.

Right after the attacks on London bridge and Borough market in London, the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK contacted the local authorities and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the UK.

The Executive Committee of the Nghe Tinh fellow-countrymen association presented certificates of merit and awards to 36 people, for high achievements in study, art and sports activities in Prague on June 3rd.

A delegation of overseas Vietnamese teachers and students from the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school in Vientiane, Laos, visited Uncle Ho’s hometown in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, central Nghe An province, in late May.

The demand to recruit teachers of Vietnamese and Indonesian languages in China’s Taiwan are 67% and 18%, respectively, compared to the total demand for other languages in Southeast Asia, the Taiwan News cited the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Taiwan as saying.

The 6th Stockholm International Music Competition, attracting nearly 300 contestants from Russia, Germany, China, Sweden, the US and Norway, was held in the Swedish capital Stockholm on May 25th - 28th.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Japan organized its congress in the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo on May 28th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela attended a bazaar, organized annually by the Diplomatic Corps at Eurobuilding Hotel in Caracas on May 27th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands organized an intimate meeting with overseas Vietnamese teenagers, children and women on the occasion of International Children's Day and Vietnamese Family Day in The Hague on May 28th.

The closing ceremony of the art exhibition themed "Vietnam - Myanmar: Charming and Beautiful" organized by the Vietnamese Embassy and Myanmar’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, took place in Yangon, Myanmar, on May 25th.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the Vietnamese permanent representative delegation to the UN and met Vietnamese entrepreneurs and intellectuals on May 29th (local time), as part of his official visit to the US.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Greece and Mr. Vasileios Konstantinidis, Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Thessaloniki city, solemnly held the opening ceremony of the Honorary Consulate of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Thessaloniki city on May 25th.

Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs updated the situation of Vietnamese people after recent attacks in the United Kingdom (UK), the Philippines and Indonesia on May 25th.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Vu Hong Nam had a meeting with overseas Vietnamese lawyer Truong Kim Anh, former member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee term VII, with her husband on May 24th.

(CPV) - The central coastal city of Da Nang greeted an estimated 612,992 tourist arrivals in May 2017, a year-on-year rise of 46.8%; in which foreigners were 205,995, up 81.2% over a year earlier, reported the city Department of Tourism.

The Overseas Vietnamese Branch in Kobe city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on May 14th reviewed a year of teaching Vietnamese and Japanese languages for children and parents of the overseas Vietnamese community.

According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan, there is no Vietnamese persons affected by the bomb blasts in Jakarta.

Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh presided over the opening ceremony of "Vietnam Day in Spain 2017" and "Space of Vietnamese Culture" at the Circulo de Bellas Artes Theatre in Madrid, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

On the occasion of the 127th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, a contest on learning about Uncle Ho was held for overseas Vietnamese teenagers and youth from March 2nd to May 19th.

A Czech-Vietnamese cultural and cuisine festival, with the participation of hundreds of local people and the Vietnamese community, was held in Jesenice town, Central Czech, on May 21st.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand announced that there was no Vietnamese citizen injured in the bombing of Phra Mongkutklao Hospital on May 22nd.

The event “Charity Fun Walk” was co-hosted by the Embassies of Vietnam and Indonesia, Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at Phnom Penh town hall in Koh Pich island, Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 21st.

The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Angola solemnly celebrated the 2561st Buddhist Vesak Day in Luanda, Angola, on May 21st.

(CPV) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Greece on May 21st participated in an international humanitarian food fair held annually by the Lady Ambassadors and Ambassadors' Spouses (LAASA) in Athens to collect money for humanitarian activities.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on May 20th organized a charity concert to acknowledge the contributions of Japanese, Vietnamese and international friends accompanying the embassy in charity activities for children in need in Vietnam.

Overseas Vietnamese in Germany, who have visited people and soldiers on Truong Sa Island, gathered at the Dong Xuan Trade Center in Berlin to establish "Truong Sa Club".

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico on May 18th organized a ceremony to respectfully offer flowers at the Uncle Ho statue on the Embassy's premises on the occasion of his 127th birthday.

The organizing board of the Vietnam Festival 2017 announced that the festival would be held on June 10th - 11th in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Chile organized communication and promotion activities on the image of the country and people of Vietnam at the International Mine Industry Exhibition (Exponor 2017) taking place in the province of Antofagasta, northern Chile, on May 17th.