Overseas Vietnamese

In an effort to find a direction for Vietnam-Iran tourism cooperation, the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran had a meeting with Mr. Abbas Heidani, Director of Milad Tower tourist area, which is in the center of Tehran, on the possibility of carrying out Vietnam’s tourism promotion activities there.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia led by Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh on April 12 visited and congratulated Lao Ambassador Sinchai Manivanh and staff of the Lao Embassy in Canberra on the occasion of the traditional Bunpimay Festival of Laos.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela led by Ambassador Le Viet Duyen paid a working visit to Mérida state from April 4-8.

Vietnam’s honorary consulate office in Japan’s Mie prefecture has officially come into operation on and Mr. Moriyuki Taniguchi, a Japanese national, as its head.

A ceremony has been held by the Vietnamese Embassy and community in Hungary to pay homage to Hung Kings – legendary founders of the nation.

Chau Van Chi was re-elected as President of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association (KVA) in Cambodia for the 2021-26 term at the association’s third congress held in Phnom Penh on April 9.

The Embassy of Vietnam in France on April 8 hosted a ceremony to pay tribute to Hung Kings - the legendary founders of the country.

The People’s Committee of Phu Tho on April 8 met a delegation of 30 outstanding overseas Vietnamese paying tribute to Hung Kings - the legendary founders of the nation, at Hung Kings Temple in the northern province.

A Vietnam-UK startup cooperation seminar was organized at the AstraZeneca global research and development center in Cambridge on April 5.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung hopes that the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos will play an important role as a bridge between the two countries.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka, Japan, has requested a prompt investigation into the death of a Vietnamese woman in Osaka city's Yodogawa district, said Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang at the ministry's regular press briefing on April 7.

At the recent meeting with Mayor of France’s Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has affirmed that Vietnam desires to enhance cooperation with Toulouse in various fields.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel has received information on a male Vietnamese citizen who has been missing in the Middle Eastern country since 2016, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan received Professor Alec Cameron, President of RMIT University on April 5.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar led by Ambassador Ly Quoc Tuan paid a working visit to Shan State of Myanmar from March 26 to April 1.

Within the framework of economic diplomacy activities, from April 1-3, a delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnam Trade Office led by Ambassador Luong Quoc Huy in Iran paid a working visit to Iran’s Mazandaran province to learn about the cooperation possibilities of local enterprises with Vietnam.

The Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA) on April 1 signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the fields of education and training, developing qualified and skilled human resources, improving the quality and fluency of Korean language skills, and promoting tourism with Jeju province of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Vietnamese Golf Association in Japan (VGAJ) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on April 2 jointly organized the Sakura VGAJ Invitational 2022 at Windsor Park Golf and Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on April 2 had a meeting with representatives of Vietnamese students and the overseas Vietnamese community in Toulouse city within the framework of his working visit to the South of the country.

Doctors from the Cho Ray-Phnom Penh Hospital recently provided medical examination for about 700 overseas Vietnamese and Khmer people in Cambodia’s Kandal province.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Nguyen Tuan on April 1 received a delegation of the Slovak National Council, led by Chairman of its Economic Affairs Committee Peter Kremsky, to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries in the time to come.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Andorra Dinh Toan Thang presented his credentials to the Co-Prince of Andorra, Archbishop Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília, at the Episcopal Palace in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain, on April 1.

Vietnam’s accession to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) and implementation of the pact is expected to encourage the development of the local cultural industry, Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva said.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Luong Quoc Huy recently received Mr. Mohammad Taghi, Director of World Cotton Company, at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran to share and learn about cooperation opportunities between businesses of the two countries in the field of textiles and handicrafts.

The Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA) said that Vietnamese are still the second biggest foreign community in Japan after China although the figure dropped 3.4 percent in 2021.

Nearly 1,700 Vietnamese people in Ukraine have been brought home safely on six flights arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in conjunction with relevant ministries, sectors and representative agencies of Vietnam in the country.

The Vietnamese students’ association in New Zealand organized its first congress for the 2022-2024 tenure in Wellington on March 30.

The Vietnam - Japan Sports and Cultural Exchange Association (FAVIJA) recently organized a press conference and a draw in Tokyo to fix the table of the charity football tournament “FAVIJA CHARITY CUP 2022”, to raise funds to build Dai An Pagoda for the Vietnamese community in Japan.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Luong Quoc Huy recently had a meeting with Mr. H. Mirzajani, CEO of Arang Sazpad Construction Co., within the framework of economic diplomacy activities.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia on March 27 participated in an ASEAN friendship bowling competition and exchange program 2022, which is part of activities of the ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) towards the 55th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN.