Ottawa (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada on April 23 hosted a ceremony to commemoratethe death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nations, contributing to maintaining the cultural identity and educating the Vietnamese communityespecially young people, about the national tradition.

The event saw the in-person participationof more than 100 overseas Vietnamese in the eastern provinces of Canada, and the online attendance of representatives of the Canada-Vietnam Association’s chapters across thecountry.

Vietnamese AmbassadorPham Cao Phong said the unique practice of worshipping Hung Kings shows gratitudeto ancestors, and expresses the unity, strong will and solidarity which hashelped the nation overcome many difficulties to achieve great achievements liketoday.

Julie Nguyen, a memberof the Canada-Vietnam Association’s chapter in Toronto, said the event offered achance for OVs to strengthen solidarity, thus building a closer and strongercommunity.

In recent times, theembassy has worked as a bridge connecting Vietnamese communities inCanada, Phong said.

Through the embassy, Vietnamese-Canadian scientists will make more contributions to the homeland’sdevelopment, while many exchange and support activities between OVs in Canadaand people in the homeland will be held in the coming time, the diplomat said

A project to teach theVietnamese language will be re-started in order to educate Vietnamese expats inthe North American nation about the cultural tradition, he added.

The same day, a similar event was organised in Sachsen state’s Leipzig cityby the Vinh Phu association of fellow-countrymen, with the support of the Vietnamese Embassy and dozens of Vietnamese organisations andassociations in Germany.

Do Mai Dang, chairman of the Vinh Phu association of fellow-countrymen in Germany,said that the Vietnamese community in the European nation always work hard onpreserving and promoting the precious tradition of the nation.

Ambassador VuQuang Minh highlighted the fruitful development of Vietnam – Germanyrelations, saying that the Vietnamese community in Germany has made significantcontributions to the bilateral ties.

He called on OVs in the country to be more united and do their best to make morecontributions to the homeland’s development.

Dr. Gabriele Goldfuß, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Leipzigcity, spoke highly of contributions of the Vietnamese community to the Germancity’s development.

She took this occasion to wish the friendshipbetween twinned cities - Leipzig of Germany and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam - as well as between the twonations stronger development./.