Overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese Consulate General in San Francisco has pledged to transfer all proceeds raised by the overseas Vietnamese community in the US to help combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the homeland.

The Executive Board of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Ukraine’s Odessa sent a letter of thanks to the High Command of Regiment 244, Military Command of Quang Ninh province, for the affection and attention that the Regiment 244 had for overseas Vietnamese in the difficult period of the current COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the world.

A Vietnamese German has died of COVID-19 in München state, Germany.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic has issued a notice of receiving registrations of Vietnamese citizens living in the Czech Republic who desire to return home amid the complicated development of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnam Ancestral Global Day was celebrated online in four major cities of Canada on April 11th.

​The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (Universities Canada) has pledged to support Vietnamese students amid the complicated developments of COVID-19 in the host country, during the recent phone talks with Nguyen Huong Tra, Charge d'Affaire of the Vietnamese Embassy in Canada.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province on April 11th presented relief packages to 57 Cambodian-Vietnamese families affected by COVID-19 ahead of the Chol Chnam Thmey – Khmer New Year Festival.

Through the Vietnamese Embassy, 3,000 face masks were presented to the Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea (RoK) by the Vietnam-Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) and Vietnam-Korea Experts and Intellectual Association (VKEIA), on April 9th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on April 8th announced the implementation of assistance to Vietnamese citizens abroad affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seven Vietnamese citizens stuck at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand were brought home by Vietnam Airlines on the return flight VN610 of taking off at 17:20 on April 9th.

The Vietnamese community in Egypt has shown strong unity and provided mutual support to overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ambassador Tran Thanh Cong has said.

A female tourist has become the first Vietnamese citizen to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has praised the Vietnamese community based in the Central European country for their efforts in uniting with local people to cope with the ongoing (COVID-19) pandemic, Vietnamese Ambassador Ho Minh Tuan said in a recent interview with a VOV correspondent in the Czech Republic.

Each Vietnamese employee in the Republic of Korea (RoK) is being supplied 10 medical face masks free of charge to use for two weeks while COVID-19 pandemic is spreading widely.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos issued an announcement on April 5th, recommending Vietnamese citizens living or studying in the country to strictly follow its regulations on COVID-19 prevention measures.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia has provided updated information about the Australian government’s adjustment of its policies for foreigners amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Trinh Minh Manh said that the embassy gives the top priority to supporting Vietnamese citizens, with the aim of protecting their health and lives, legitimate rights and interests, amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese communities abroad have actively joined hands in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland by contributing financial assistance, and medical supplies and equipment, according to Vice Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Luong Thanh Nghi.

The "face mask movement" and supporting each other to overcome the COVID-19 epidemic is spreading strongly among the Vietnamese community in countries of the Czech Republic, Germany, Republic of Korea (RoK), Laos and Cambodia.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Thailand’s Udon Thani province organized the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary at Khanh An Pagoda on April 2nd.

Through the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK), the Korea - Vietnam Friendship Association on March 31st presented 5,000 medical face masks to the Vietnamese community living, studying and working in the country.

A Facebook page entitled “Tương trợ chống dịch COVID-19” (mutual support to fighting COVID-19) was established in late March by Mr. Do Quy Duong, a member of the Vietnamese Business Association in the Russian Federation, to timely report the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic to the Vietnamese community in Russia, as well as in Moscow.

Xekaman 1 Power Ltd., Co under Viet-Laos Power JSC on April 1st donated 30,000 USD to the COVID-19 combat of the Lao government and people.

Metran Co., Ltd., a business with many years of experience producing artificial respiratory machines in Japan, announced that it would produce ventilators for Vietnam to serve COVID-19 epidemic prevention.

​More than 1,000 breads made by a Vietnamese company in Indonesia have been presented to health workers in hospitals assigned to COVID-19 treatment in Jakarta in the program “Our love for you”.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, led by Consul General Vu Ngoc Ly, worked with the Executive Boards of Khmer-Vietnam Associations in the provinces of Takeo, Kampot, Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk, and the representative of Cambodian-Vietnamese people in Kep province, to present 3,000 cloth face masks to poor overseas Vietnamese in the localities from March

The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has contacted with Singapore’s relevant agencies to ask for help in visa extension and residence procedures for Vietnamese citizens who have been stranded in the country and wish to return home.

Mr. Pham Minh Nam, an overseas Vietnamese businessman in the UK, presented VND1 billion (over USD43,000) to support Vietnam to fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 on March 26th.

In the context that the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infections has increased continuously in recent days, the Khmer-Vietnam Association in Cambodia has promptly sent many notices and communications to branches in 25 provinces and cities on measures to prevent and control the disease and comply with instructions on disease prevention of local authorities.

Pham Minh Nam, an overseas Vietnamese national in the UK on March 26 presented 1 billion VND (over 43,000 USD) to support Vietnam’s fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).