Overseas Vietnamese

A writing contest with the theme “Overseas Vietnamese students and youth with the task of protecting sovereignty over sea and islands of Vietnam" was officially launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the Vietnamese Youth Federation Central Committee in Hanoi on July 13th.

Mr. Dang The Hung, Standing Deputy Chairman of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV), on July 9th received the executive board of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Sakon Nakhon province, Thailand, in Hanoi.

A photo exhibition on the East Sea was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on July 10th as part of the second Vietnam Culture Day in the country.

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2016, with the theme “Overseas Vietnamese youth with national cultural heritages”, will take place from July 10th - 23rd in localities of Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Da Nang.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia has conducted measures to ensure citizen protection following Cambodian forces’ arrest of 84 Vietnamese people on July 1st.

The annual open golf tournament "Golden Lotus" was organized by VietGolfMos in Links National Golf Club and Forest Hills Golf Club in Moscow on July 1st and 2nd.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India and Trident Gurgaon five-star hotel in India’s Haryana state on July 2nd co-hosted an event to promote Vietnamese cuisine.

Foyer Vietnam (House of Vietnam) was officially launched at the address foyer-vietnam.org on June 27th in order to connect the Vietnamese community and friendship associations with Vietnam in France.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh city through official channels were estimated to hit USD2.1 billion in the first six months of the year, up 3% over a year earlier.

(CPV) - Vietnam's traditional long dress (Ao dai), palm-leaf conical hat, cylindrical drum and traditional folk songs have been performed to much acclaim during the carnival in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Three thieves used pepper spray to knock out a Vietnamese citizen living in residential compound known as Sen Village in Ukraine on June 22nd before taking his money and fleeing the scene, local newspaper nguoivietukraina reported.

Within the framework of the visit and attending the closing ceremony of the Vietnam Cultural Year in the Czech Republic, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien on June 13th had a working session with leaders of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic.

The last art program in the event series "Vietnam Cultural Days in Russia" was organized in the city of Volgograd, western Russia, on June 9th.

According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, a photo exhibition and film week titled “Vietnam - Rendezvous of the World” will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from June 20th to 26th.

Nile TV, a television channel specializing in culture of the Egypt Television Station, on June 11th aired a special program about Vietnam.

The State Commission on Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on June 9th received 725 books for children, worth nearly VND16 million, funded by Kim Dong Publishing House for overseas Vietnamese children.

Mr. Dinh La Thang, Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee, on June 8th had a working session with the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts in France (AVSE), led by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Khuong, Chairman of AVSE.

Owning many awards and having been invited to teach painting for Australian children, Jacquelyn Ngo is preparing for her 4th exhibition.

The National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) in Ho Chi Minh city on June 8th celebrates the 35th anniversary of its establishment.

The key tournament named ViTAR-Incentra Open Summer 2016 was organized by the Vietnamese Tennis Association in the Russian Federation (ViTAR) from June 4th - 5th.

Canada’s capital Ottawa on June 4th-5th opened more than 130 heritage sites for residents and tourists to visit free of charge.

Diverse activities are taking during Vietnamese Cultural Days in Russia, which has opened in the cities of Moscow and Volgograd.

An art program of the Nghe Tinh Fellow-countrymen Association was organized in Prague, the Czech Republic, on June 3rd.

Doctor of Mathematics Bui Minh Phong, an intellectual of the Vietnamese community in Hungary, on June 2nd was presented a decision conferring him the professor brevet by the Hungarian State, officially making him the third Vietnamese-origin professor in the Central European country.

The coach blast that killed eight people and injured three in Laos on June 2nd might have been triggered by fireworks stored on the coach, according to the Vietnam’s Consulate General in Laos’ South-Central region.

A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) cultural exchange forum was held on May 31st with an eloquent contest themed “Leaders and leadership” in the Vietnamese and Korean languages.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Norway and the Vietnam Art and Culture Exhibition Centre on May 23rd co-organized an exhibition to display and introduce of Vietnam’s lacquer art and handicraft in Oslo capital.

A ceremony to receive VND23 million from readers of KBC Hai Ngoai, a web page of overseas Vietnamese in the US, to donate to soldiers and people on Truong Sa island district, was organized on May 26th at the headquarters of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese.

The Vietnam Embassy in Argentina and the association of ambassadors’ wives in Buenos Aires mounted an event to promote Vietnamese cuisine at the Asian Culture House on May 27th.

Twenty six artists were awarded with Certificates of Merits of the Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their outstanding service overseas and on islands.