Overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Student Association at the University of Warwick (Vietsoc Warwick) in the UK has successfully organized Vietnight 2016.

The Vietnamese Student Association of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation on March 1st organized an art program to welcome International Women's Day (March 8th) and toward the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union at the university’s main hall in the capital Moscow.

The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodian People in Cambodia and Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district authority on March 1st presented relief aid to 96 Vietnamese and Cambodian families whose houses were burnt in a recent fire.

The Party Committee of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany organized a meeting to disseminate the resolution of the 12th National Party Congress, review Party work and give out a working plan for 2016 on February 28th.

The Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Labor, War-Invalids and Social Affairs on February 29th issued the Official Dispatch No. 220/QLLDNN-HQTACP requiring businesses sending laborers to work in Angola and other countries in Africa to take the initiative in preventing yellow fever and malaria epidemics among workers, and providing information on the epidemic situation.

A large Vietnamese expat community in Germany’s Lichtenberg borough contributed significantly to local economic growth, Mayor Birgit Monteiro said in a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador Doan Xuan Hung.

Russian students studying Vietnamese language in Moscow experienced the Lantern Festival (full moon of the 1st lunar month), a colorful traditional festival of Vietnam when joining in a contest to learn about the country, people and identity of Vietnam at Viet Soul restaurant on February 21st.

Maica Germany Company of Mr. Cong Viet Cuong and Ms. Pham Thi Thanh Giang, which specializes in providing materials for nail and make-up sector, opened its new branch in Hamburg (Germany) on February 21st.

Hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign friends have attended a festival to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Monkey 2016 and look toward the homeland, held in Geneva, Switzerland on February 20th.

The General Association of Vietnamese people in Laos hosted a banquet in Vientiane on February 19th to celebrate the success of the recent 10th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

On February 16th, at the headquarters of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV), on behalf of the Vietnamese Business Association in Bulgaria, Mr. Le Ho Khang, Head of the association, presented VND55 million to Nguyen Thi Ngoc Khanh from Chuong My district (Hanoi) for her cardiac surgery.

Vietnam’s traditional long dress (ao dai) is graceful in the breeze beside the Eiffel Tower, bashful beside yellow autumn foliage in the Republic of Korea or charming in the country of the kangaroo, through the project named "Aodai around the world" of Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has offered guidance for the proposal on upgrading the website: tiengvietonline.com.vn.

An art program was organized on February 14th at the Leipzig Trade Fair by the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Leipzig and surrounding areas in order to promote Vietnam’s traditional cultural features to international friends.

A fire occurred on February 8th (the first day of the Lunar New Year) in Mean Chey district (Cambodia) where around 500 overseas Vietnamese families are living, and destroyed all of the 91 houses.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Minh Tri has asked the host’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to actively work with relevant agencies to address the raid and arrest of Vietnamese citizens in Odessa.

The Vietnam Embassy in Algeria organised a meeting to mark the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on February 3rd.

A school for children of Overseas Vietnamese (OV) was inaugurated in Cambodia’s Siem Riep province on February 3rd.

Vietnamese embassies in the Czech Republic and Republic of Korea have organized various events to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Overseas Vietnamese Community in Laos is very happy and delighted at the success of the 12th National Party Congress and believes in the leadership of the Vietnamese Party and the country.

(CPV) - The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Monkey, the most important holiday of the year in Vietnam, is coming. On this occasion, overseas Vietnamese have organized many activities to welcome the great traditional festival of their motherland.

(CPV) - The Overseas Vietnamese community throughout the Republic of Korea is hosting “Gathering Spring” festivals to welcome the 2016 traditional lunar new year.

Ho Chi Minh city’s authorities and Vietnam Fatherland Front officials met overseas Vietnamese on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey on January 29th.

An art program themed “Cherishable spring” was organized in Berlin on January 26th by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany, the International Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Youth Theatre to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Monkey and serve overseas Vietnamese in the country.

During the time of the 12th National Party Congress in Hanoi, the overseas Vietnamese community in Algeria was also very interested in the development of the congress and believed in the success of the congress, which outlines decisions and policies to further develop the country in the new period.

In the last days of the lunar year, Vietnamese Student Associations in many regions around the world are busy preparing programs and unique repertoires to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) of the nation.

The General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutierrez on January 23rd visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Vietnamese community in Zacatecas in northern Mexico, and attended the meeting to welcome the 12th National Party Congress.

The Vietnamese Labor Management Office under the Employment Permit System (EPS) program in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 24th organized a meeting with Vietnamese workers in RoK on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey in Hwaseong city, Kyeonggi province.

The 12th National Party Congress is an important political event, attracting the attention of large masses. Many Vietnamese people in Thailand look towards the homeland to follow the developments of the congress.

On these days, as the 12th National Party Congress is taking place in the capital Hanoi with the spirit of solidarity, democracy, discipline and innovation, many overseas Vietnamese in France have met and talked to correspondents of The Vietnam News Agency in France and expressed their confidence in solutions worked out by the congress to create momentum to help the country develop strongly in