Overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Embassy in Iran opened the Vietnam Cultural Week in Iran on December 24th at the Opera in the capital Tehran.

The Hai Duong fellow-countrymen association was established and made its debut in the presence of the Head of the Vietnam Fellow Countrymen Friendship Association in Macau on December 20th in Macao Special Administrative Region, China.

A large number of Vietnamese buddhists in the Republic of Korea (RoK) attended a festival with flower garlands and colored lanterns to pray for peace for the sea, islands and the country of Vietnam in Seoul on December 18th.

Prof. Dr. Pham Van Thuc, People's Teacher, and Rector of the Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, has become the first Vietnamese to receive the “academician” title at the French National Academy of Medicine on December 20th in Paris.

A major fire occurred in Little Saigon Market in Footscray, where there are many kiosks of Vietnamese people in West Melbourne, state of Victoria, Australia on December 13th.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the overseas Vietnamese in Macau(SCOV) Vu Hong Nam on December 12th met representatives of the overseas Vietnamese community in the Macau Special Administrative Region, China, during his working visit to China’s localities.

The working delegation of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on December 13th presented over VND1 billion to three schools in Quang Binh province to overcome the consequences of recent floods.

A working delegation from the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on December 12th presented VND1.5 billion to seven schools in Central provinces to overcome the consequences of floods over the past time.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany on December 9th organized a meeting to prepare Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) activities for overseas Vietnamese in Germany.

The International Bazaar 2016 of five member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) having Embassies in Mexico, including Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, was held in Lincoln Park in the capital of Mexico on December 10th.

By the end of November 2016, overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh city reached about USD4.3 billion, bringing the figure for the whole year to about USD5 billion, a 10% decrease compared to the estimate of USD5.5 billion, said the city-based State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

A contest named “Beauty and talent” was organized by the Vietnamese Students Association in Singapore at East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) on December 10th in order to find a representative for the VAS in charity activities in the country.

The Vietnamese Embassy in China organized a solemn inauguration ceremony of the bronze statue "Uncle Ho working in the Presidential Palace garden", donated by the Ministry of Public Security, on December 9th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia has confirmed that, so far, it has no reports of any Vietnamese killed or affected by the strong earthquake registering 6.4 on the Richter scale which struck in the early morning of December 7th in Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Vietnamese - Cambodian Association in Kampong Chhnang province inaugurated a primary school for overseas Vietnamese children in Bo Ri Bo district on December 6th.

An art program including traditional songs of Vietnam themed “Beloved nation” was organized by the Que Huong Choir and the Rouen Orchestra in Paris, France.

The 48th International Charity Bazaar was organized by the United Nations Women's Guild at the headquarters in Vienna, Austria on December 3rd.

The 24th annual Charity Bazaar was organized in Ukraine's capital Kiev on December 3rd with the participation of over 40 embassies and international organizations.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Battambang, Cambodia, and the Executive Committee of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Siem Reap province distributed five tons of rice to poor overseas Vietnamese in Siem Reap city, Kampong Khleng fishing village and Mac La fishing village on the Tonle Sap Lake on December 3rd and 4th.

The Vietnam Cultural Week in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in UAE and UAE’s Ministry of Culture and Knowledge from November 29th to December 5th, on the occasion of the 45th National Day of UAE.

Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Slovakia on November 27th participated in the 25th Charitable Christmas Fair in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, organized by the International Women's Club under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs and the town hall of Bratislava capital.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia on November 30th organized a Vietnam – Laos friendly exchange, with the participation of a large number of Vietnamese and Lao staff working in Indonesia.

All officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies of Vietnam in Mexico on November 28th commemorated the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz and recorded a funeral book in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico.

The International Christmas Fair 2016 was held at Hilton Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic on November 27th.

An annual art program named VNLSE Show was organized by the Vietnamese Student Association at London School of Economics and Political Science (Vietsoc LSE) at Old Theatre, London, the United Kingdom (UK) on November 26th.

(CPV) - Vietnamese Embassy in Greece on November 26th-27th participated in the 17th Christmas Fair, held annually by the charitable organization “The Friends of the Child” to raise funds to help poor Greek children.

A conference on trade and investment promotion in Vietnam was co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Czech Management Association in Prague on November 23rd.

The Vietnamese Cultural Festival 2016 (Vietfest 2016) was organized by the Vietnamese Youth and Students Association in Canberra at Australian National University (ANU) on November 23rd.

With professional qualifications, soft skills and clear career orientation, Vietnamese students studying in the United Kingdom (UK) are highly appreciated for their qualities for human resources.

A working delegation of the Vietnamese Student Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) recently visited and offered gifts to people who suffered from the October floods in Thach Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province.