Overseas Vietnamese

A ceremony was recently held in the Vietnamese Embassy in Paris to honour nine excellent Vietnamese students in France with awards from the Union of Vietnamese Students in France (UEVF) and the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global).

In order to ease the difficulties and increasing pressure on Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives of the Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA) and Saigon Share, a charity group, have actively joined hands with the city administration and people to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnamese Association in Japan (VAIJ) has provided free wifi transmitters for all members of the Vietnamese sports delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Vietnam Festival with unique images of culture and cuisine was recently held at the centre of La Plagne Tarentaise town in the Savoie region in Southeast France.

Mr. Pham Gia Duc, Chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in China’s Yunnan province, on behalf of the Vietnamese Community in Yunnan province, on July 19 presented medical supplies, including medical masks, antiseptic solutions, protection suits and face shields, to the Consulate General of Vietnam in Kunming.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia held a ceremony to hand over support worth 85,000 USD to the representative agencies in Cambodia and the Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia to help the community fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the socio-economic life of the Czech Republic, over the past time, the Vietnamese community in the country has held many practical activities to join hands with the local authorities and people in the Czech Republic to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which have been recognized and appreciated by Czech leaders at all levels and local people.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary in combination with the Association for Hungarian Culture on July 16 organized an event to open a photo exhibition in Fonyód city in Balaton Lake region of Hungary.

The Committee for Overseas Vietnamese of Ho Chi Minh City on July 18 announced a call to the overseas Vietnamese community to join hands with the Party Committee, administration and people of Ho Chi Minh City to control the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the city soon back to the "new normal" situation.

The World Investment Report 2021 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that, in 2020, Vietnam entered the top 20 countries attracting the most FDI capital for the first time, reported Sputnik on July 15.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Greece Le Hong Truong recently had a meeting with the Liaison Committee of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Greece at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Greece.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development under the Ministry of Science and Technology co-organized a workshop “Connecting and promoting the overseas Vietnamese resources to support innovative start-ups” in both online and direct formats in Hanoi on July 16.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa has advised Vietnamese citizens residing and doing business in the country to closely monitor the situation and not to travel to areas that are hotspots of instability.

The Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on July 14 said that the HCMC People's Committee has just issued decisions to award the Ho Chi Minh City Badge to seven overseas Vietnamese who have made great contributions to the cause of the construction and development of the city.

A workshop on Vietnamese traditional martial arts took place in Piacenza, Northern Italy, the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Rome reported on July 10.

The Vietnamese Businesswomen Association in Sydney, Australia has just auctioned paintings and launched a fund-raising campaign to present two ventilators for Pham Ngoc Thach hospital and donate money to buy food to support people in social distancing areas in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.

The health authorities of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have detected two Vietnamese people in Seoul and some other people in Bucheon city and South Gyeongsang province infected with COVID-19, according to the Overseas Vietnamese Association in RoK.

Vietnam continues to prioritize boosting its relations with France, especially its traditional friendship with the French Communist Party, of which Vietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh was one of founding members, said Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang during his meeting with National Secretary of the French Communist Party Fabien Roussel on July 12.

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, remittances flowing to Ho Chi Minh City still increased sharply in the first half of 2021.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, led by Ambassador Le Viet Duyen, paid a working visit to Venezuela’s Monagas state from July 9-12 to promote economic and trade ties, and potential cooperation initiatives between the two countries.

A ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on July 11 to receive nearly 1.5 million THB donated by the Vietnamese community in Thailand to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Oversea remittances to Ho Chi Minh City were worth 3.2 billion USD in the first six months of this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic roiling on many economies around the world.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on July 6 held a ceremony to receive donations for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), on July 6 presented his Letter of Credentials to UNIDO General Director Li Yong.

As many as 22 young Vietnamese and Australian people have been chosen to take part in the 2021 Australia - Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue (AVLD).

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Saudi Arabia led by Ambassador Vu Viet Dung paid a working visit to the provinces of Tabuk and Al Jouf from June 25 to July 2.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 6 received 1,000 books named “I Learn Vietnamese” handed over by the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese to present to overseas Vietnamese.

During a business forum held in Hurghada city in Red Sea province on July 6, Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Tran Thanh Cong called on Egyptian investors to seek trade, culture and tourism cooperation opportunities in Vietnam.

The "NNB - Coupe de Lille 2021" summer football tournament was held by the Vietnamese Student Association in France (UEVF) last weekend in the city of Lille, northern France.

Nguyen Van Minh, 20, a Vietnamese intern, was missed while swimming at a beach in Onga district, Japan’s Fuku oka prefecture.