Overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang made a working trip to the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region on June 9-10, aiming to strengthen post-pandemic cooperation with the French region.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Uzbekistan Dang Minh Khoi presented a letter of credentials to Uzbekistan's acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir I. Norov on June 9.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands on June 7 organized the annual event “Meet Ambassadors 2022” between Ambassador Pham Viet Anh and 45 Dutch and Vietnamese businesses.

On the occasion of the 111th anniversary of Uncle Ho's departure to find a way to save the country, Italian friends who love Vietnam have decorated Uncle Ho's relic at Antica Trattoria della Pesa restaurant.

The Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Ngo Toan Thang on June 6 had a working session with Mr. Emad Al Zaid, Assistant General Director of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), at the KCCI headquarters.

The ASEAN Committee in Poland on June 4 in Warsaw organized the "ASEAN Family Day", which attracted the participation of all officials, staff and family members of the embassies of five ASEAN member countries.

Newly-appointed Cambodian Ambassador to Egypt Uk Sarun on June 6 politely greeted Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Huy Dung on the occasion his arrival.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa and the embassies of ASEAN countries in Pretoria on June 4 organized ASEAN Family & Sports Day 2022.

The comic book 'Passage intérieur- Voyage essentiel en Alaska' by young painter Mai Bach and scriptwriter Maxime de Lisle was recently debuted at the Achetez de l'Art gallery in Paris, the French capital.

After two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 5th Foods & Culture Festival of foreign representative agencies in the Czech Republic took place at Victory Square in Prague on June 4

The Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) participated in an Asian Harvest Festival recently held at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.

A Vietnamese cultural festival was recently held by a club of Russian students of Vietnamese studies at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in Vladivostok with the support of the FEFU Association of Russian and International Students (ARIS).

The Vietnam Festival 2022, the 14th of its kind, opened at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 4 with Japan’s former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyake Shingo in attendance.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 4 provided free health check-ups and medicines for impoverished overseas Vietnamese and Lao people in Vientiane.

A seminar was recently held by the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs to discuss the role of overseas Vietnamese businesses in introducing and developing distribution channels for Vietnamese goods in foreign markets.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh paid an official visit to Australia’s Northern Territory from May 30 to June 2 at an invitation of Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the country welcomed and repatriated 11 Vietnamese people who had fleed from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to Russia, from May 29-31.

A conference was recently held in Moscow by the Management Board of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the All-Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (VILAR) to review their 30-year partnership in ensuring long-term preservation and absolute safety of the body of President Ho Chi Minh.

The third football tournament of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the UK kicked off in Birmingham city on May 29.

According to Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Phung Khanh Tai, the annual program which arranges Truong Sa trips for overseas Vietnamese helps strengthen national solidarity.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil recently participated in International Food and Culture Bazaar held at the Brasilia Art Museum (MAB) in Brazil.

The United Nations (UN) recently awarded its medal to three officers of the Vietnam People’s Army who are working at the UN headquarters in New York, US, on the occasion of the Peacekeeper’s Day (May 29).

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Russia has raised an amount of 11.6 million Rubles (190,000 USD) to buy 2,997 boxes of Areplivir medicine to send to Vietnam, contributing to repelling the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland.

Mr. Samuel Minyan Jobe, a Gambian citizen, has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Gambia by Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A photo exhibition introducing the landscapes and culture of Algeria and Vietnam, as well as a fair displaying Vietnamese handicraft products, were organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Algerian capital of Algiers on May 26 -28.

Chairman of the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei (China) Vu Tien Dung on May 24 presented the Certificates of Merit of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to Ms. Ngo Pham Tran, President of the Taiwan – Vietnam Economic, Cultural and Educational Development Association, for her contributions to the homeland.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus attended the Trade Fair within the framework of the 23rd Gomel Spring International Exhibition (May 19-27), in conjunction with Vietnamese tourism promotion. This is one of many practical activities to implement economic diplomacy in 2022.

Over 40 overseas Vietnamese (OV) from 17 countries around the world have visited people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, and DK1 platform.

With outstanding achievements, female student Ly Tam Nhu (Ruby) Nguyen has just been awarded the Best Academic Achievement Award by the New South Wales Department of Education of Australia.

On the occasion of the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2022), officials, employees, spouses of the embassy staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Romania held an incense offering ceremony to President Ho Chi Minh at the headquarters of the embassy.