Overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Texas and Vietnamese representative offices in the US are coordinating with host authorities to conduct necessary citizen protection measures amid the record cold temperatures in Texas.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Lithuania Nguyen Hung on February 22 presented his credentials from State President Nguyen Phu Trong to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda via the Internet at the headquarters of Lithuanian Embassy in Poland’s capital Warsaw.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India held a meeting on February 20 to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) of the Buffalo 2021 with a warm atmosphere.

According to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Tokyo, Kobunsha publisher has published a bilingual book offering instruction in Vietnamese to take the motorcycle driving license in Japan.

Health Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Blatny has sent a letter thanking and wishing Happy New Year in Czech and Vietnamese languages to the Vietnamese community.

As a Doctor having 15 patents of the US and becoming a high-ranking manager of a group of researchers and developing products of a corporation with revenue of nearly 20 billion USD, Dr. Trinh Cong admitted that he didn’t know which sector he should study.

According to the VNA correspondent in Central and Eastern Europe, currently European countries, including Poland, are implementing the vaccine to prevent acute respiratory infections of COVID-19 for people.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia, on behalf of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented medical equipment, antibacterial cloth face masks and sanitiser to the Vietnamese community in the country at a ceremony on February 20.

A welcome gate embodying the Vietnamese traditional culture was solemnly located in Martin Place Square in the city center in the framework of “Tet Nguyen Dan” (Lunar New Year of the Buffalo) Festival 2021, held by the Sydney City Council from February 12-21.

The Embassy of Vietnam and a number of Vietnamese representative agencies and expats in Malaysia on February 12 offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh as a gesture to pay tribute to their root on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year).

Vietnamese expatriates in Laos have rushed off their feet those days to prepare for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday since they could not return to their home land due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations have been organised in China and Laos to help Vietnamese people living in the countries enjoy a warm and familiar traditional New Year festival.

A ceremony was recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela to hand over the Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Caracas (ACC) to Indonesian Ambassador Imam Edy Muluono with the presence of representatives and officials from the embassies of other ASEAN member countries.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa held a ceremony in Pretoria to present the position of Chair of the ASEAN Pretoria Committee (APC) Indonesian Ambassador Salman Al Farisi on February 8.

A delegation led by Lao Ambassador to Singapore Khonepheng Thammavong on February 8 visited the Vietnamese Embassy in the country on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

The Embassy of Vietnam in the US hosted a virtual gathering on February 5 for the first time to celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) with Vietnamese people and international friends living in the US.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Minh Khoi, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs, presented Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s Tet gifts and greeting letters to 11 outstanding overseas Vietnamese (OVs) within the framework of the “Homeland Spring” programme on February 5.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina recently held a meeting to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Buffalo with the participation of representatives of overseas Vietnamese, officials, staff from representative agencies and their relatives, as well as students studying in the South American country.

An event was recently held at the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school in Vientiane, Laos to welcome in the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival of the Buffalo.

Overseas Vietnamese have made significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi at a recent meeting held in Ho Chi Minh City.

An event was held online on February 3 by the Vietnamese permanent delegation to the United Nations (UN) in New York for overseas Vietnamese to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival of the Buffalo.

A ceremony was held by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Committee in Cuba to lay a wreath at a bust of President Ho Chi Minh in Havana to mark the 91st anniversary of the Party on February 3.

For the time ahead, the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria, which is also in charge of Senegal, Mali, Niger, and the Western Sahara, is set to continue performing well its role as a bridge linking Vietnam and African nations and disseminating the Party and State’s guidelines and policies to Vietnamese expatriates there, said Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh.

A ceremony was held to start to build a communal house for Vietnamese-Cambodian people in Cambodia’s Kampot city on January 27.

A Khmer language course for Vietnamese Cambodian people was opened in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia on January 25.

Around 300 overseas Vietnamese will attend an annual Lunar New Year meeting with leaders of Ho Chi Minh City, which is scheduled to take place on February 4.

The Australia Renewable Energy Agency has just funded the new-generation solar battery project of Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu from Australian National University (ANU) with 1 million AUD (750,000 USD).

To promote Vietnamese culture, the Vietnam Centre (VNC), a nonprofit organization of young Vietnamese in Australia, has just started a project to recreate Vietnamese ancient clothes of 1000 years from the Ly Dynasty (11th century) to the Nguyen Dynasty (20th century).

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang informed about the reception of Vietnamese citizens abroad returning home on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival of the Buffalo at a recent regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Battambang, Cambodia, organized an event on January 16 to gather the Vietnamese community living and working in the Northwestern provinces of Battambang, Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, Banteay Meanchey, Pursat and Pailin on the occasion of the 13th National Party Congress and welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival of the Buffalo.