Overseas Vietnamese

A delegation of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) led by its Deputy Head Mai Phan Dung paid a working visit to Hong Kong and Macau (China) from May 26-30.

The third community sports festival of the overseas Vietnamese in the Republic of Korea (RoK) has just been organized successfully at Anyeong Sports Complex in Daejeon, South Chungcheong province.

Within the framework of the working visit from May 22-25, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States (US) Nguyen Quoc Dung met and exchanged with Senator Jerry Stevenson, Chairman of the Utah Senate Approval Committee; Mayor of Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall; Mr. Franz Kolb, Head of Economic Development Agency of Utah Governor's Office, and the business community at Utah World Trade Center.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and the National Experimental University of the Armed Forces (UNEFA) of the country on May 26 jointly held a closing ceremony of a Vietnamese cooking and conical hat dance courses at the university.

More than 100 overseas Vietnamese people across the Netherlands on May 28 gathered at a festival themed “Shape of Vietnam” in Utrecht city to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – Netherlands diplomatic relations.

Sixty of the Vietnamese citizens recently rescued from a gambling establishment in Pampanga province, near Manila capital of the Philippines, arrived in the homeland on early May 30.

The Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan (AVIJ) organized an event to meet 100 outstanding Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan on May 27 under the auspices of the Vietnamese Embassy, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic participated in a festival of ethnic minority groups, which took place in Prague on May 25-28.

A delegation including youngsters from the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has participated in an international student festival at the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS) in Moscow, Russia.

Designer Cao Thi Huyen (Rose Cao), a Serbian Vietnamese, has become the first Vietnamese to win a prize at the Chelsea Flower Show 2023 organized by the UK’s Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

The Vietnam Day was organised by the Moscow State Linguistic University, known as Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages (MGLU), on May 24 to mark the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania has recently held a ceremony to offer incense to President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 133rd birthday, with the participation of representatives of overseas Vietnamese Associations and overseas Vietnamese students studying in the country.

Ulsan city of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will publish a crime prevention handbook for foreigners in three languages of Vietnamese, English and Chinese.

The Vietnam Day has been held by the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Jeonnam-Gwangju and the Gwangju City Council with many special activities at Jungoe Park in Gwangju city, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Mozambique and Madagascar Pham Hoang Kim presented his credential letter to Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina in the capital city of Antananarivo on May 17.

A ceremony was organized on May 18 to offer incense to President Ho Chi Minh at his memorial site in Xiengvang village, Nongbok district, Khammoune province in Central Laos, to celebrate the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2023).

The Vietnamese Embassy in France, in coordination with the administation of Montreuil city in Paris suburbs, on May 17 held a flower-offering ceremony at the monument of President Ho Chi Minh in Montreau Park on the occasion of his 133rd birthday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2023).

On the occasion of Uncle Ho’s 133rd birthday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2023), overseas Vietnamese poet Thanh Phan, living in the UK, has shared his memories of President Ho Chi Minh who dedicated his whole life to the fight for the Vietnamese nation and people.

The Trade Office and Embassy of Vietnam in Algeria are attending the ninth African Investment and Commerce Forum (AFIC9) in Algiers on May 16-17 to promote Vietnamese goods and seek investment and business opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises.

The Vietnam Week has opened in St. Petersburg on May 15 with a series of culture, sports and business activities in order to strengthen friendship and cooperation between St. Petersburg and Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan successfully hosted the ACT Bowling Tournament 2023 on May 14 within the framework of activities of the ASEAN Committee in Tokyo (ACT) towards the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations.

A new TV program "Dau an Viet Nam" (Vietnam Impressions) honoring outstanding Vietnamese persons and promoting Vietnamese images to friends all over the world was announced by the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese and VTV’s External Television Department on May 16.

A meeting and a photo exhibition was organized by the General Union of Vietnamese in France (UGVF) to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) on January 27, 1973.

A friendship run named “ASEAN Fun Run” was organized by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) in Roosevelt Island, New York City on May 14.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine coordinated with Vietnamese associations in Odessa to solemnly hold a meeting to celebrate the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2023) in Lang Sen area of the Vietnamese community in Odessa on May 12.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in France led by Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang has paid a working visit to Nantes, a western city of the European country, as part of efforts to promote cooperation with French localities.

A Vietnamese bookcase was launched by Youtube channel Viet Happiness Station in Pho Sure restaurant of an overseas Vietnamese in Ostende city, Belgium on May 14.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My has been handed over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Committee Chairmanship (ACC) in Venezuela from Shalihin Annuar, chargé d'affaires of the Malaysian Embassy.

The land, people and culture of Vietnam have been introduced to international and Italian friends at an international festival held in Borgomanero district of Italy’s Piemonte region.

The women’s association of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan attended the 45th charity fair held by the Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) in Tokyo, Japan, on May 10.