Overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Nguyen Tuan and his Japanese counterpart agreed to continue promoting the tradition of cooperation and coordination between the two embassies in order to best perform political and foreign affairs tasks in Slovakia.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in the US city of Houston, Texas, recently received 3,000 3M-N95 masks donated by Doctor Vu Minh Duc, who is working at Memorial Hermann Hospital, to present to domestic medical staff who are on the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

David Duong, president of California Waste Solutions (CWS) and CEO of Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS) has handed over 250 ventilators to the Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco to aid anti-pandemic efforts in the homeland.

Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens, and over 6 tons of medical equipment and supplies donated by overseas Vietnamese in the US to support the COVID-19 fight in the homeland, were brought home on the VN9 flight of Vietnam Airlines national carrier from San Francisco International Airport of the US.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk, in collaboration with the Executive Board of the Khmer-Vietnam Association of Preah Sihanouk and a number of Vietnamese sponsors, organized rice distribution to 67 households in extremely difficult circumstances in Preah Sihanouk city.

The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) held a webinar marking the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day of Vietnam (September 2).

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka, Japan donated 776,000 JPY (7,066 USD) for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund at a recent virtual fundraising event.

Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy and overseas Vietnamese community in Japan visited and presented gifts to the Vietnamese sport delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo Paralympics).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia recently launched a fundraising event to support COVID-19 prevention and control efforts in the homeland.

The Czech Republic has decided to donate 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and some quick COVID-19 test kits, as well as cede 500,000 doses of vaccine, to Vietnam to timely support Vietnam to soon control the pandemic.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has highlighted the significance of Conclusion No.12-KL/TW on the overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the new situation issued by the Politburo on August 12.

The Politburo has recently issued Conclusion No.120-KL/TW on overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the new situation.

In response to the call of the President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, and the Ministry of Foreign Affair, the Vietnamese community in Russia has raised 10 million rubles (nearly 150,000 USD) to support the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi said on August 20.

Overseas Vietnamese experts shared their views on COVID-19 vaccine research, trial and licence in Vietnam at a seminar on August 20.

Overseas Vietnamese businesses on August 19 presented 27 tons of food, agricultural products and 10,000 VNN95 masks to the People's Council, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and High Command of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), and the Naval Region 2 Command, to support frontline forces to fight the pandemic and the people in HCMC.

Mr. Justin Bui, an overseas Vietnamese in Australia, connected and mobilized donors to donate 12 tons of rice to units in Ho Chi Minh City through the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese in the city.

An honorary consul office of Vietnam was inaugurated in Bangalore in India’s southern state of Karnataka on August 18.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam on August 18 met Watanabe Kazuyo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Children's Care League (ACCL).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Ngo Toan Thang on August 15 visited the headquarters of Boursa Kuwait Securities Company, and had a meeting and worked with Mr. Hamad Meshari Al Humaidi, Chairman of the company.

The campaign "Joining hands with Vietnam to overcome COVID-19" was launched in London, the UK on the evening of August 15 to call on the Vietnamese community across the UK to look towards the fatherland.

The Vietnamese Embassy in charge of Pakistan and Afghanistan is conducting measures to protect citizens amid escalating tensions in Afghanistan.

The Vietnamese Embassy in charge of Cuba and Haiti said that there were no Vietnamese casualties in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Haiti on August 14 evening (Vietnam time), according to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Central America and the Caribbean region.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa presented 100,000 face masks to the representative missions of Namibia and Botswana in Pretoria on August 13 to help people in the latter countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam recently paid a working visit to Niigata to seek measures to boost economic cooperation between the Japanese prefecture and Vietnamese localities.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Nguyen Thanh Vinh on August 9 paid a courtesy visit to General Secretary of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) Party Abouelfadhl Baadji.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Nam Tien on August 10 had a working meeting with Tanzanian Investment Minister Geoffrey Mwambe in Dar es Salaam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Nguyen Tuan on August 11 paid a courtesy visit to the Ambassadors of India, China and Republic of Korea (RoK) in Slovakia.

The Vietnamese authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar and Bamboo Airways coordinated with Myanmar authorities to conduct a flight carrying 182 Vietnamese citizens stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic from Myanmar to the homeland safely on August 10.

Representatives of the Vietnam Buddhist Cultural Center and the Vietnamese Buddhist Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on August 9 in Hanoi presented gifts to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A graphic exhibition on Agent Orange by young artist Tram Anh, an overseas Vietnamese in France, was organized by the Vietnam Youth Association in France (UJVF) in collaboration with the Collectif Vietnam Dioxine organization at the headquarters of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in France (UGVF) in Paris, France.