Overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands attended the International Mother Tongue Day organized by the Bangladesh Embassy in the Netherlands in the city of The Hague on February 25th.

A large number of Vietnamese Buddhists in the Republic of Korea (RoK) joined a ceremony on February 26th to pray for peace on the sea and islands of the homeland, organized by the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam and the Vietnamese Buddhist Association in RoK.

The international charity bazaar on February 26th was officially opened at the Ashok hotel in New Delhi, with the participation of many representatives of embassies in New Delhi and thousands of visitors.

(CPV) - "Vietnam has got a lot of small and medium enterprises, and access to finance is an issue, so we do hope that it will be set with Vietnam as well," said Mr. Kiang Elim, the delegate of Papua New Guinea in Nha Trang city on February 27th 2017.

The Vietnamese Physicians Association under the General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians (GAVC) in Cambodia was founded on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the Vietnam Doctors’ Day (February 27th) to gather Vietnamese physicians in the country.

The Association of Vietnamese Students in Montpellier (AEVM) has just organized a gala night to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Rooster.

The member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Mexico, including Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, organized a workshop to introduce ASEAN to Mexican and international friends at the Matias Romero Institute, Mexico City, on February 23rd.

Over 20 members of the Wien-Stadtpark Rotary Club (Austria) on February 18th visited the Dong Xuan Trade Centre in Berlin, Germany, to learn about the work and integration of Vietnamese people into the locality.

A ceremony was held in the Vietnamese Embassy in Czech on February 22nd to present the campaign medal “For the cause of culture, sports and tourism" to Czech politicians for their contributions to promote Vietnam’s culture and tourism.

The Overseas Vietnamese community in the city of Leipzig, Sachsen state, Germany, organized the Spring Festival 2017 on February 19th.

A multicultural festival was jubilantly held in Canberra on February 17th - 19th with the participation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia on the campus of "ASEAN Village" to promote Vietnam’s country, people and culture to local and international friends.

The ASEAN Committee in Islamabad, Pakistan, (ACI) on February 20th met to discuss and ratify ACI's action plan in the coming period, and implemented a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN establishment.

The Permanent Mission of Lao People's Democratic Republic to the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations in Geneva (Switzerland) exchanged with the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva on February 17th.

On the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year of the Rooster, Vietnam’s Honorary Consulate Office in Italy’s Turin city organized a meeting on February 17th to celebrate the new spring.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands on February 16th organized a meeting with Dutch friends on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster 2017.

A solemn ceremony was held by Cambodia on the completion of the restoration of a Vietnam-Cambodia friendship monument in Takeo city of Takeo province on February 15th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand has organized a meeting for overseas Vietnamese in Auckland city early in the year of the rooster.

The National Assembly (NA) delegation led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has visited and worked in New York on February 11th-15th, at the invitation of President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Saber Chaudhury to attend an annual hearing between IPU and the United Nations (UN).

The General Association of Overseas Vietnamese in Belgium and the Belgian-Vietnamese Alliance on February 11th organized a program in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre district, Brussels, to welcome the spring of the rooster for overseas Vietnamese living, working and studying in the country.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Brunei on February 8th presented 48 kinds of books and magazines about the land and people of Vietnam to the National Library of Brunei.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka has cooperated with the administration of Sakai city, Osaka prefecture and Ikeda Senshu Bank on February 7th to organize a workshop introducing Vietnam’s investment environment to Japanese companies.

A ceremony was organized on February 8th in Seoul, Republic of Korea (RoK), to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam – RoK diplomatic relations (December 22nd, 1992 – December 22nd, 2017) by the Vietnamese Embassy and RoK’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A prayer ceremony for safety and peace was organized at Bang Long Pagoda in Vientiane, Laos on February 8th.

The 87th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3rd) was solemnly organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia on February 6th.

A Futsal Football Tournament was organized at the Malaysian High Commission, with the participation of embassies of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on February 5th.

A music program about Buddhism to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Rooster was organized in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 5th.

“Berliner Tet”, a program welcoming the Lunar New Year of the Rooster, was organized by the Berlin-Potsdam Vietnamese Student Association in Berlin, Germany on February 4th.

A road in Thailand’s Udon Thani province has been named Thau Chin – the alias Vietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh used when he lived in Thailand.

The first longevity wishing ceremony for Vietnamese old people living in Hungary was organized by the Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Hungary at Tue Giac Pagoda, site of the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Budapest, on February 4th.

The Brussels International Tourism Fair 2017 takes place at the Heysel Exhibition Centre in Belgium on February 2nd - 5th.