Overseas Vietnamese

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to work to get the host country’s support for Vietnamese businesses’ stable and long-term operations there.

The closing ceremony of advanced Vietnamese class 1 for officials and soldiers from Laos’ Ministry of Security were organized at the headquarters of Laos’ Ministry of Security on September 29th.

Sao Mai Vietnamese school on September 25th opened the new school year and marked the 10th anniversary of its establishment in the Pacific Trade Centre in Berlin.

A charity night was organized by the Que Huong Vietnamese Association in Norway on September 24th in the capital Oslo.

A logo design competition to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-India relations (January 7th, 1972 – January 7th, 2017) was launched by the Vietnamese Embassy in India on September 26th.

Vietnam cuisine month is organized by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka, Japan and Nikko Fukuoka Hotel on September 1st - 30th.

An art exchange program themed “I love my nation” has been organized by the Vietnam Youth Federation Central Committee, Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Youth Theatre of Vietnam, the Overseas Vietnamese Association and Vietnamese Student Association in RoK.

The Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies of Vietnam in France on September 24th participated in activities for the "ASEAN Family Day" in Paris, France.

“Vietnam Day 2016”, themed “Journey to the Motherland”, has been held by the Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand and Vietnamese Student Association at the University of Victoria – Wellington (VSAW) on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of National Day.

"Peaceful dove for Vietnam" activity has been organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine, the Ukraine-Vietnam Friendship Association and secondary school 251 named after President Ho Chi Minh in Kiev on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and the World Peace Day (September 21st).

The maintenance of national language, culture and identity for future generations of the Vietnamese community in the world in general, and in New Zealand in particular, is an important and meaningful activity.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus recently organized an annual meeting with Belarusian veterans who helped Vietnam during the resistance war against the US.

The Czech - Vietnam Association on September 20th organized a press conference to announce barriers posing some difficulties for Czech businesses to recruit foreign workers, especially Vietnamese workers.

The authors of top prize-winning entries in the writing contest "Overseas Vietnamese youth and students with the task of protecting sovereignty over Vietnam’s sea and islands" will have the opportunity to visit Truong Sa archipelago.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on September 19th organized a ceremony to present friendship orders to the Germany – Vietnam Association and some German individuals, who have made special contributions to Vietnam -Germany relations.

The French -Vietnamese Friendship Association and organizations of the Vietnamese community, friendship organizations with Vietnam in France have issued a joint declaration in favour of the PCA ruling in The Hague in the Netherlands on the case of the Philippines on East Sea disputes.

The 5th ASEAN Film Festival in the Czech Republic closed by screening the Vietnamese film “Yen’s life” by young director Dinh Tuan Vu.

The 10th European Vietnamese Business Forum, the largest annual activity of Vietnamese businessmen in Europe, was organized in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, on September 16th -18th.

Nguyen Du Vietnamese - Lao bilingual school under the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane on September 14th started the new 2016-2017 school year.

Vietnam’s Consulate General and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Shanghai, China have organized a Mid-Autumn Festival themed "Remember moonlight of homeland".

The Vietnamese Embassy in France organized a ceremony on September 12th to mark the 71st anniversary of National Day and opened a photo exhibition themed “President Ho Chi Minh with the Vietnam-France friendship” in Paris.

According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia, 228 Vietnamese fishermen, the largest number so far, are repatriated in Indonesia's Natuna Sea area on September 14th.

All 50 Overseas Vietnamese branches in the Czech Republic have being organized Mid-Autumn Festivals for children in their areas from September 10th - 20th.

Nearly 400 Greek guests celebrated the 71st National Day of Vietnam (September 2nd) during a ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Greece on September 12th.

About 1,500 parents and children attended the Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 of Vietnamese people in Hungary, held on the evening of September 10th in the capital Budapest.

A delegation of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the SCOV Vu Hong Nam visited and worked in Canada’s large cities, where a large number of overseas Vietnamese live, to learn about the situation of the community as well as their thoughts and aspirations in the new situation, on September 7th - 10th.

A press conference about the writing contest themed "Vietnam in my heart" took place at the Hanoi - Moscow Trade Centre (Incentra) in Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation, on September 11th.

The 86th L’Humanite (Humanity) newspaper festival, organised by the French Communist Party (PCF), has opened at La Courneuve Park in Paris.

On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of National Day, the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands recently organized cultural activities, dissemination and promotion of images of Vietnam at the Embassy Festival in The Hague.

In a news piece published in the Tehran Times, reporter Mehdi Sepahvand said that he was invited to attend a ceremony to mark the National Day at the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran on September 2nd.