Overseas Vietnamese

About 60 of the poorest Vietnamese-Cambodian families in Preah Sihanouk province on October 11 received relief aid packages donated by a group of Vietnamese workers in Cambodia through the Vietnamese Consulate General, each worth some 20 USD.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport announced that people in need of travel assistance should apply for support on the portal at https://thongtin-sgtvt.tphcm.gov.vn/dich-vu-cong/dang-ky-di-chuyen.

Vietnamese families living in the Belgian capital Brussels and surrounding areas participated in Vietnam Family Day and Mid-Autumn Festival in the children's playground in Ixelles district, on October 10.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Austria on October 8 organized a ceremony to mark the 76th National Day of Vietnam (1945-2021).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi and Director General of Zarubezhneft JSC S.I. Kudryashov paid a working visit to the Nenets Autonomous Region and inspected the Russian-Vietnamese oil and gas joint venture (Rusvietpetro) on the North Khosedaiu field on October 6-7.

Many online concerts were performed by Vietnamese children in Sydney to raise funds to support COVID-19 prevention and control activities in Ho Chi Minh City and pandemic-hit people in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on October 8 in Hanoi handed over more than 3 billion VND donated by the overseas Vietnamese community to support the COVID-19 fight and the National COVID-19 Vaccine Fund to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee.

Vietnamese Ambassador Le Viet Duyen recently presented his Credentials Letter from President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Governor General of Barbados Sandra Mason at an online meeting.

The Saint Petersburg Special School No. 144 is now considering the possibility of putting Vietnamese languge in the curriculum as part of supplementary education.

At the invitation of Prievidza City Office of Trencin province, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Slovak Republic Nguyen Tuan on October 6 visited and worked with Mayor of the city Katarina Machackova.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will organize an online training course on teaching Vietnamese for overseas Vietnamese teachers in 2021.

A signing ceremony of cooperation agreements between the Vietnamese Embassy and the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU) and Sponsor Gorchakov took place at the Embassy's headquarters on October 4.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Berlin on October 2 organised the friendly Vietnam-Germany golf tournament 2021 to consolidate friendship between the Vietnamese community and German friends, and strengthen the solidarity among overseas Vietnamese in the European country.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands on October 2 jubilantly organized the Mid-Autumn Festival for Vietnamese teenagers and children in The Hague and surrounding areas.

The delegation of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Preah Sihanouk province led by Consul General Vu Ngoc Ly on October 4 visited and worked with the Executive Board of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Koh Kong province.

The final Gala of the UAVS Hackatrix 2021 technology idea development contest took place successfully on October 3, introducing 5 highly creative and practical science and technology projects, contributing to the system of technological solutions, and to economic development in the digital era.

Amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, Lee's Sandwiches system, a chain of Vietnamese food restaurants in the US, has launched a charity program to support the people in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Nam Tien recently paid a working visit to Mafia island district of Pwani province, famous for coconut cultivation and other types of sea tourism, in order to promote the Vietnam-Tanzania friendship cooperation, especially cooperation between localities of the two countries.

The golf tournament "Vietnamese Ambassador Cup 2021" took place on September 27 at Hulencourt golf course in Belgium, according to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Brussels.

Responding to the call of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Vietnamese communities in the states of southwestern Germany continue to actively support the COVID-19 fight at home.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) collaborated with the Newhaven town government to organize the event "Meet Vietnam in Newhaven" on September 28 in Newhaven town of Lewes district in the UK’s Sussex region.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu recently cermonially received medical equipment donated by Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd (TTI) and German House Co., Ltd in Ho Chi Minh City, including 15 sets of Savina 300 ventilators and 30 sets of patient monitoring machines worth 350,000 USD, equivalent to nearly 8 billion VND.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) has launched a program to raise funds to support people in difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province.

The Vietnamese community in the UK held the Mid-Autumn Festival in London on September 26 with the participation of a large number of Vietnamese families in the UK as well as local people.

The United Associations of Vietnamese Students in New South Wales (UAVS-NSW) is organizing a contest on developing technology ideas called UAVS Hackatrix 2021.

Vietnam Day in Switzerland 2021 will be held online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 3pm October 9 on social platforms in order to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Switzerland.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar on September 21 and 24 presented support from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Vietnamese community in Myanmar.

A bridge and road project, its construction funded with donations from overseas Vietnamese and businesses in Cambodia, was launched in Troey Koh, Kampot city, the capital of Kampot province, on September 26.

Mr. Vu Quy Duong, Director of VIMPEX Company, a large enterprise in Hungary, and Chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Hungary, recently donated nearly 12.5 tons of medical supplies, worth about 380,000 USD, to help the homeland to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overseas Vietnamese in Australia, who are members of a fanpage about succulent plants, and Binh Phuoc Provincial Youth Union together with groups, organizations and businesses in Binh Phuoc province, have contributed to present nearly 900 safety bags to cancer patients and residents in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).