Overseas Vietnamese

A ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany in Berlin on June 10 to present Vietnam’s Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to two German friends in honour of their active contributions to strengthening solidarity, friendship and people-to-people exchange between the two peoples.

A webinar was recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and the Venezuela-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce (CAVENVIET) on the role of the private economic sector and Vietnam’s foreign investment management experience in Doi moi (renewal) process in Venezuela.

Vietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia have recently received reports on Vietnamese citizens cheated by human trafficking rings and brought to Cambodia to work in casinos, gambling and online game facilities.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 10 to receive donations in cash and kind from overseas Vietnamese to support to the COVID-19 fight in Vietnam.

Vietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia will continue closely following Cambodia’s plan of relocating floating houses, fish farming rafts and illegal floating works on the Mekong River passing through Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese community situation, and work with the Khmer – Vietnamese Association in Cambodia to support affected people.

A ceremony was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico on June 8 to lay flowers at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Mexico City.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy led by Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Hoang Xuan Hai paid a working visit to Barcelona city on June 5-8.

A fundraising campaign was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt on June 8 to call for donations to the COVID-19 vaccine fund at home.

A fundraising ceremony was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique, on June 9 to call for donations to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Pakistan Nguyen Tien Phong has presented his letter of credentials to Pakistani President Arif Alvi on June 7.

A fundraising campaign has been launched by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province and the Executive Board of the provincial Khmer-Vietnamese Association on June 8 to support the national COVID-19 vaccine fund of Vietnam.

A ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland on June 7 to raise funds for the national COVID-19 prevention and control fund in response to the appeals of the State President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Foreign Ministry.

A 69-year-old Vietnamese woman who had previously tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus died after being treated a week.

A program was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia on June 7 to raise funds for Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund in response to the call of the President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has called on its staff as well as Vietnamese organisations, businesses, and expatriates in the country to support COVID-19 prevention and control activities at home.

A ceremony was held by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7 to receive 100 million VND from Dr. Phan Bich Thien, a Vietnamese Hungarian, to support COVID-19 fight in Vietnam.

An online meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela and Barbados Le Viet Duyen and Barbados Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Simone Rudder was recently held to discuss ways to boost bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Australia sent the call of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee to Vietnamese community in the country to raise funds for the COVID-19 fight in Vietnam.

The Bac Giang fellow-countrymen association in the Czech Republic have donated 10 tonnes of rice to support Bac Giang province, which is hard hit by the fourth wave of COVID-19, to fight the pandemic.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) led by Ambassador Nguyen Manh Tuan visited the national men’s football team ahead of the remaining games of the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 31 received 100 million VND and five tonnes of rice from Mr. Nguyen Hoai Bac, an Overseas Vietnamese in Canada and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dai Son Trading Service Development and Investment JSC, to several localities in their fight against COVID-19.

Vietnamese alumni in Australia’s New South Wales state have raised 6.000 AUD to support disadvantaged children in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on May 31 reported that Vietnam is temporarily suspending the entry of foreigners from India, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos or people who used to reside or travel through these countries within 21 days before entering Vietnam, except those in necessary cases.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Hong Thach on May 27 presented a decision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to appoint Mr. Nguyen Van Khanh as the Honorary Consul General of Vietnam to Odessa province.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy in coordination with the administration of Abano Terme city and the Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association in Veneto region recently organized an exhibition on biodiversity in Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve and Vietnamese traditional medicine in Italy’s Abano Terme city of Padova province.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Mozambique organized a Vesak ritual on May 26 to mark Buddha’s 2,565th birthday and pray for peace in the capital Maputo.

A communal house worth 25,000 USD for Vietnamese-Cambodian people was inaugurated in Cambodia’s Kampot province on May 26 after more than four months of construction.

The Khmer-Vietnam Association on May 25 organized a working delegation to visit and provide emergency relief to 36 Vietnamese-Cambodian households whose houses were damaged by landslides along the Mekong River in Cambodia’s Kandal province.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India, Nepal, and Bhutan Pham Sanh Chau recently presented 30,000 USD from the Vietnamese government to Nepalese Ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhayay to support Nepal to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

A contest for overseas Vietnamese to show their talent of singing folk songs on radio has been launched by VOV World Service (VOVWorld).