Overseas Vietnamese

Vietnam Food and Culture Day was recently held in Tagansky Park by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Russia’s Ekaterinburg city.

An international scientific conference themed “Ho Chi Minh’s cause and thought in Vietnam and the world” was held in Moscow on September 9th in order to commemorate 50 years since the death of Ho Chi Minh, who is the first President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Hundreds of Vietnamese across the Republic of Korea (RoK) participated in a foreign workers festival in Seoul on September 8th.

Nearly 80 propaganda posters created by Vietnamese painters between 1945 and 2000 are being showcased at an exhibition held at the headquarters of the Slovak Ministry of Culture in Bratislava city.

Ho Chi Minh city received about USD3.45 billion in remittances sent back home by overseas Vietnamese in the first eight months of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 8 percent, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s HCM city Branch.

On the occasion of 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s testament, the Party Committee of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba offered flowers at President Ho Chi Minh’s statue in the capital La Habana and showed its determination to carry out his testament.

"Vietnam Day" was organized by the Belgium - Vietnam Alliance (BVA) at Coloma castle in the Belgian capital Brussels on September 1st.

An exchange program introducing the socio-cultural life, traditional musical instruments and art of Vietnam was recently organized by the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka and the administration of the Prefecture at ACROS Fukuoka Prefectural International Hall, in Fukuoka city, Japan.

Free Vietnamese classes for second and third Vietnamese generations in the Czech Republic are opened at the Prague Vietnamese Centre at SAPA Trade Centre in Prague.

The first Vietnamese intellectual forum in Japan themed “Make in Vietnam - opportunity and challenge” is scheduled to be organized in Tokyo on November 16th, 2019.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa marked the 74th anniversary of National Day (September 2nd) on August 28th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (August 8th) in Cairo on August 29th.

The 8th Vietnam cultural festival took place in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on September 1st, attracting thousands of Vietnamese expatriates, local residents, and foreign tourists.

Vietnam’s diplomatic missions in many countries have held ceremonies to celebrate the country’s 74th National Day (September 2nd, 1945-2019).

Ceremonies have been held by diplomatic agencies of Vietnam in many countries around the world to celebrate the 74th National Day (September 2nd).

ASEAN Family Day 2019 was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic on August 27th.

“Vietnam, the Jewel of Asia”, a documentary film about Vietnam, produced by Algeria’s Lotus Films with Vietnam’s cooperation and support, made its debut at the IBN Zeydoun Film Center in Algiers on August 27th, screened by the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria and the Cultural Ministry of this country.

The Vietnamese Embassy and businesses in Mozambique are attending the 55th Maputo International Fair (FACIM) organized from August 26th to September 1st in the capital Maputo, Mozambique.

The Oversea Vietnamese Association in Toyama prefecture organized a ceremony on August 25th to make its debut, with the participation of Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam, a large number of Japanese friends and the Vietnamese community living and working in the locality.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina and Paraguay, in collaboration with Paraguay’s Foreign Ministry and Asuncion city’s administration, organized a series of activities titled "Vietnam Days in Asuncion" on August 22nd and 23rd to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam - Paraguay diplomatic relations (May 30th, 1995 - May 30th, 2020).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Mozambique Le Huy Hoang briefed staff and students of the Joaquim Chissano University on the situation in Southeast Asia and Vietnam’s foreign policy during a lecture as part of his visit to this school on August 15th.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 12th coordinated with the Ministry of Education and Training to organize a training course of teaching Vietnamese’s method to overseas Vietnamese teacher 2019.

A training course has been organised in Odessa, Ukraine, to provide Vietnamese expatriates in the country, especially students and young people, with knowledge related to Vietnam’s foreign affairs and international integration.

The complete set of nearly 120,000-word Czech-Vietnamese dictionary has been released at a ceremony in Prague, the Czech Republic.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 12 held a ceremony to start the Vietnam Summer Camp 2019.

On July 6th and 7th, the first Vietnam Cultural Festival took place in Asia Mekong village in Lyon city, France, to popularize the image of Vietnam and its people to the French.

The labour union of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on July 5th presented gifts to 10 overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia who are wounded soldiers, relatives of war martyrs, and people who rendered services to the homeland.

A bust of late President Ho Chi Minh was inaugurated in Vladivostok city of Russia during a ceremony held on July 5th, part of activities celebrating the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Year.

A fire that burnt down a warehouse at the Vietnamese Dong Xuan Centre in eastern Berlin, Germany, was extinguished after five hours.

Vietnam has made active contribution to the success of the ASEAN Festival Day, Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Vu Van Dung has reported.