Overseas Vietnamese

Kao Ying Industrial and Commercial Vocational High School in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan (China), has unveiled a plan on opening a Vietnamese club to help students to access the Vietnamese culture and language.

A requiem for revolutionary martyrs sacrificed for the independence and sovereignty of Vietnam's sea and islands on the East Sea was organized on May 20th at Truc Lam pagoda, Kharkov, Ukraine.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany on May 24th organized a workshop to introduce Vietnam’s tourism and cuisine potential in the framework of the 11th Asia - Pacific Week (APW) taking place in Berlin.

(CPV) - The Vietnamese Students’ Association in Korea will coordinate with the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Chung Ang University to organize the 3th Annual Conference of Vietnamese Young Scientists (ACVYS2016) on May 29th.

A conference on Vietnam has been held at the National University in San Salvador city, El Salvador, by the El Salvador - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group.

With the support of the Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine, overseas Vietnamese associations and organizations in Kiev, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and the Kiev municipal Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, have recently held a Vietnamese cultural festival with the theme "A glimpse of Vietnam".

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa celebrated the 126th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19th) at the capital Pretoria on May 17th.

Question: "I am an overseas Vietnamese living in the Russian Federation. I visit the homeland on the occasion of the Election, do I have the right to cast a vote?"

On the occasion of the 126th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany on May 14th organized a talk for staff of representative agencies and a large number of Vietnamese people living, studying and working in the nation.

The overseas Vietnamese community in the city of Montreal, Canada, on May 15th organized a meeting to strengthen exchange, solidarity and development of the community; and introduce works of President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 126th birthday.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) on May 14th celebrated the 126th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

A large fire occurred at around 11am of May 11th at a warehouse located in the Dong Xuan trade centre of Vietnamese people in Berlin, Germany.

A signing ceremony of an agreement on funding for activities of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) between the Vietnamese Embassy, Overseas Vietnamese Association in RoK and Kumho Tire Company was organized on May 11th.

Vietnam and some 30 countries of five continents participated in a world culture festival at Place de la Bourse, Brussels, Belgium, on May 7th.

The charity fund "Voice from the heart" has recently organized a music program titled "For the future" at the Hanoi-Moscow complex (Incentra) in the capital Moscow to help Vietnamese children in difficult circumstances.

The first congress of the Association of Vietnamese War Veterans in Ukraine was held in Kiev on May 7th, marking its official debut in the country.

A delegation of overseas Vietnamese teachers and students of Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand visited the hometown of Uncle Ho in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province on May 4th.

The United Nations Women's Guild (UNWG) and more than 70 permanent diplomatic missions on May 4th held an international bazaar 2016 at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, the US to raise funds to help Syrian refugees.

Vietnamese Embassy in China and New World Beijing Hotel co-hosted the Vietnamese Culinary Cultural Week themed “Discovery of Vietnam” in Beijing on May 2nd.

Ozduhoc Student Association in Australia organized its first Sports Festival 2016 with three main contents of football, basketball and badminton from April 17th to May 1st.

More than 137,600 Vietnamese people are residing in the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to figures released by the Immigration Management Agency under the RoK’s Ministry of Justice on May 2nd.

(CPV) - The bilingual Vietnamese - German edition of “Tale of Kieu” has been released in Berlin on May 1st.

Activities were held in Argentina and Angola on May 1st to celebrate the 41st Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30th) of Vietnam.

On April 29th, the Association of Cambodians of Vietnamese origin hosted a meeting to mark the 41st anniversary of National Reunification Day (April 30th) in Phnom Penh.

The Vietnamese embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a ceremony on April 28th to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the liberation of the south Vietnam and national reunification (April 30th).

The 41st anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day was solemnly held at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Paris on April 28th.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Mozambique on April 26th solemnly marked the 41st anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30th) and the International Labour Day (May 1st) in the capital Maputo.

The maintenance and preservation of Vietnamese language for future generations has always been a concern for many Vietnamese people in Switzerland, especially those who have been away from the homeland for decades and have integrated into life in the local country.

The Vietnamese community in Germany on April 24th lodged a formal protest in front of the Chinese Embassy headquarters (Munich, the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria), protesting illegal activities of the Chinese administration in the East Sea.

The Korea Foundation for Women (KFW) is implementing a program to support Vietnamese brides in the Republic of Korea (RoK) to visit their homeland free of charge.