Overseas Vietnamese

The International Culinary Village, held from September 1 to 4 at Trocadéro garden, in the center of Paris, France, attracted the attention of thousands of tourists and food-culture devotees.

The 10th Vietnamese Cultural Festival was solemnly held at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on September 4 on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the National Day and the 30th anniversary of Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) diplomatic relations.

The Vietnam Culture Day in Lucerne was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland on September 3 to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the National Day (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2022) with the attendance of Ambassador Phung The Long, embassy staff, overseas Vietnamese and many foreign and Swiss friends, and tourists to Switzerland.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh, his spouse and some embassy officials, on August 27 visited Vietnamese people in West Venlo, a small Dutch city bordering Germany.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on September 2 visited the family of French communist Raymonde Dien - a symbol of the fight against the war by French colonialists in Vietnam, who passed away on August 19 at the age of 93.

Representatives of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Khon Kaen and the Vietnamese Association of Udon Thani province of Thailand on September 2 offered incense in memory of late President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site named after him in Udon Thani.

Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) celebrated 77th National Day (September 2) with a get-together.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang and representatives of Montreuil city authorities laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh’s Monument at Montreau park on September 1, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of National Day (September 2).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a concert in Tokyo on September 2 evening to mark the 77th anniversary of National Day of Vietnam.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia on August 31 hosted a ceremony in Moscow to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2022) with more than 800 guests, including many Russian officials and diplomats, and foreign diplomatic corps, in attendance.

Vietnam has arranged a booth to popularize the protection of the sovereignty over Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos at a Vietnamese food and consumer goods fair in Osaka, Japan.

The Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association recently held a ceremony in Hanoi to launch the Vietnamese Alumni Club in Canada.

The Vietnam Day in Slovakia was co-organized by the Vietnamese Embassy and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Slovakia on August 28 in Bratislava.

A ceremony was held by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training on August 29 to hand over certificates to overseas Vietnamese teachers who join in a training course on Vietnamese language teaching in 2022.

The final round of the football tournament of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic in 2022 took place at the Hrazanska stadium in Prague on August 28.

The Executive Board of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association (MVFA) made its debut at a ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 27.

Vu Lan Festival was held by the Vietnamese Buddhist community in Thailand, in collaboration with the Center for Vietnamese Language and Knowledge, the Vietnamese original Thai Association in Bangkok, the Vietnamese-Thai Business Association in Bangkok, and the Thai-Vietnamese Cultural Association at Quang Phuoc (Wat Ananamnikayaram) in Bangkok, Thailand on August 28.

Most of the 320,758 Vietnamese speakers in Australia resided in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) states, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)’s 2021 Census.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh on August 27 expressed his hope that authorities of Chanthaburi province will promote cooperation with Vietnamese localities towards the signing of twinned relations.

“ASEAN Family Day” was recently held by the permanent representative missions of the 10 ASEAN countries to the United Nations (UN) in New York’s Astoria Park.

An event was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on August 20 to celebrate the 77th anniversary of August Revolution (August 19, 1945 – August 19, 2022) and National Day (September 2).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh has recently visited Rosario city of Santa Fe province to seek opportunities to promote trade and investment cooperation between the Argentinean province and Vietnamese localities.

A seminar was jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Education Publishing House (VEPH) in Hanoi on August 20 to seek solutions to improve the teaching and learning of Vietnamese language among overseas Vietnamese children.

The opening ceremony of the first "Independence Cup" Table Tennis Tournamentof the Vietnamese community in Russia was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in collaboration with the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Russia and the Hanoi-Moscow multi-functional complex in Moscow city on August 20.

A Vietnamese cultural village will be built in the county of Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Scams targeting people who want to work in technical occupations in the Republic of Korea (RoK) have been warned by the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh visited and worked with Schippers Group to discuss cooperation in the field of agriculture, especially sustainable livestock.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Slovak Republic Nguyen Tuan recently had a trip to Kosice, the second largest city in the east of the country from August 12-14 to meet and work with Mayor Jaroslav Polacek and Deputy Mayor Lucia Gurbalova.

The first billiards tournament of the Vietnamese Community in Poland has been held in Warsaw in order to connect and encourage the sports movement, creating solidarity in the community in Poland.

A painting exhibition of Vietnam was recently organized in Ukraine to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.