Overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh recently presented his credentials to Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, who expressed belief that the ties between Thailand and Vietnam will continue to be reinforced, contributing to peace and prosperity in both countries as well as in the region and the world.

The Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung handed over teaching equipment donated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training to Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese Bilingual School in Vientiane on November 4.

Office managing Vietnamese labourers under the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Employment Permit System (EPS) program of the Center of Overseas Labour of the Ministry of Labours, War Invalids and Social Affairs inaugurated the new headquarters in Seoul on November 1.

In spite of living and working abroad, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dai Trang always looks towards her homeland, especially spending a lot of time researching and writing books about Uncle Ho.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria and the Algerian Federation of Vovinam Vietvodao (Vietnamese martial arts) (FAVV) recently organized a photo exhibition to display popular landscapes of Algeria and Vietnam in Algiers to mark the 59th anniversary of the Vietnam – Algeria diplomatic relations (October 28, 1962 – 2021).

President Ho Chi Minh is not only the beloved leader of the Vietnamese people but also the leader and hero of national liberation who is admired by people around the world with sincere affection. Many places in the world from Asia, Europe to Africa, America have erected monuments of President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate the world's cultural celebrity.

Consul General of Vietnam to Osaka Nguyen Hong Ha recently received Mr. Kobayashi Toshiaki, Director of Kobayashi Sangyo Company, at the headquarters of the Consulate General.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina held a solemn ceremony to inaugurate the embellishment of the square named Vietnam and a bronze plaque with President Ho Chi Minh's biography placed under his statue in District 12 in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires.

The Vietnamese Association in Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture has just been awarded the Miyanichi Prize for international exchange by the Miyanichi Newspaper, for its great contributions to promoting the friendship between the Japanese locality and Vietnam.

In 1923, President Ho Chi Minh went to the Soviet Union, where he found the meaning of the great October Revolution and the path of national liberation.

The Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in the US will coordinate with the Vietnamese Youth and Students Association in Texas to organize the event “Vong tay nuoc My" (the US’ Arm) in December as a year-end meeting for young Vietnamese people in the US.

A fire recently occurred on the second floor of a three-storey building in the centre of Moscow where the Vietnam Trade Office is headquartered.

In order to strengthen economic, trade and investment cooperation relations with Algeria's localities, a delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria led by Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh paid a working visit to Constantine province on October 20-21.

The "Flavours of Asia" festival was co-organized by the Ambassadors’ Spouses Association in Geneva and the Delegation of Asian countries at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.

With the support of the local government, monks, nuns and Buddhists at Most Pagoda in Ustecky province’s Most city organized the Buddhist Festival to introduce the unique cultural features of Vietnamese people in particular and of Buddhism in general to the local people.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung presented a certificate of merit by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in the RoK’s Busan-Gyeongnam region Park Soo-kwan on October 20 to acknowledge his active and effective contributions to bilateral economic, cultural and educational relations.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, in coordination with the Phat Tich Pagoda, VietcomBank Laos and Khamhoung Saychaleun Company, on October 21 presented 200 gifts worth 60 million LAK to Vietnamese and Lao households in the capital Vientiane facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Portugal Dinh Toan Thang on October 20 presented his letter of credentials to Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Lisbon.

The State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) branch said that the volume of overseas remittances to the city reached 5.1 billion USD in the first nine months of 2021, up 22 percent year on year.

The Vietnam Women's Union has just held an exchange to celebrate Vietnamese Women's Day (October 20) and launched the Vietnam Art and Culture Centre in Poland.

(CPV) - The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 23 will hold a ceremony to launch the website and program "Comprehensive survey of overseas Vietnamese's opinions about legal regulations and related administrative procedures”.

More than 80 delegates, representing nearly 2,700 Vietnamese people living, studying and working in Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Japan, held a ceremony to launch the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Miyazaki Prefecture.

On behalf of the Vietnamese Government, Vietnamese Ambassador to Mongolia Doan Khanh Tam on October 18 met with Lieutenant General G. Ariunbuyan, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency cum Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Mongolia, and awarded the amount of 50,000USD from the Government of Vietnam to support the Government

More than 100,000 N95 masks in the fundraising campaign "100,000 N95 masks for Saigon" launched by the groups “Join Hands for Vietnam” and “Stay Strong Saigon” from July 27, were transported from the US and Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and delivered to doctors of nearly 100 hospitals and medical facilities.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Hungary and the Hungary-Vietnam Friendship Association organized an exchange program on October 15-17 in Hajdúszoboszló city to express gratitude to Hungarian members who participated in the international delegation to supervise the implementation of the Paris Agreement on ending the war in Vietnam in the 1973-1975 period.

A ceremony was recently held by the Vietnam Business Association for Cooperation and Investment in Laos (BACI) to mark the 17th anniversary of the Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day in both face-to-face and online forms in Vientiane.

An online seminar was held in Hanoi on October 13 to discuss measures to further promote overseas Vietnamese businessmen’s role in the consumption and promotion of Vietnamese goods abroad.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Fukuoka, in collaboration with the Faculty of Japanese Lecturer Training under Japan’s Kyushu Sangyo University, has just organized the 2nd Japanese Eloquence Contest for interns in Kyushu, Japan.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, coordinated with Phat Tich Pagoda and Khamhoung Saychaleun Company on October 12 to hand over 115 gifts, in total worth more than 111 million VND, to poor households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The final round of the first European Golden Voice Contest recently took place at the SAPA shopping mall in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic.