Overseas Vietnamese people worldwide have been celebrating the Lunar New Year (Tet) at gatherings held in their host countries as the biggest traditional festival for Vietnamese is nearing.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh speaks at the gathering on January 15. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Overseas Vietnamese people worldwide have been celebrating the Lunar New Year (Tet) at gatherings held in their host countries as the biggest traditional festival for Vietnamese is nearing.
At a Tet celebration organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Australiaon January 15, Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh highlighted achievements in the twocountries’ relations in 2022, expressing his belief that under the leadershipof the Labour Party of Australia, bilateral ties will develop even morestrongly in the time ahead.
He noted that last year, the Vietnamese community inAustralia stayed united, contributed to the homeland, and carried out manyactivities to help strengthen connections between the two countries.
Staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia pose for a group photo at the event. (Photo: VNA)
As Vietnam and Australia will mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2023, Thanh said he hopes new breakthroughswill be recorded in bilateral diplomatic, economic, trade, and investmentlinks.
The diplomat also called on the community to increase supportfor one another, help promote the countries’ strategic partnership, and furthercontribute to the homeland.
On this occasion, the embassy presented certificates of meritto the Vietnamese collectives and individuals in Australia in recognition oftheir outstanding dedications to bilateral friendship and cooperation.
Similar celebratory events have also been held by theVietnamese embassies in Cuba, Japan, Algeria, Germany, and Mexico, theVietnamese Consulate General in Vancouver of Canada, the Permanent Mission ofVietnam to the UN and the country’s Consulate General in New York.
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The Vietnam Embassy in Cambodia, Khmer-Vietnamese Association, and Sacombank Cambodia on January 11 gave Lunar New Year (Tet) presents to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin with disadvantaged circumstances living in Phnom Penh.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Preah Sihanouk province held a programme on January 11 to bring a warm Tet atmosphere to the Vietnamese community living and working in the Cambodian southwestern provinces of Preah Sihanouk, Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong, Kampong Speu, and Takeo.
Young Vietnamese expatriates in the Netherlands recently gathered to learn how to make Chung (square glutinous rice) cake – the soul of Tet (Lunar New Year) - as the biggest traditional holiday of Vietnam is around the corner.
Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Laos gathered at a “Xuan que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme in Vientiane on January 13 on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) - the most important festival of Vietnamese people in a year.
The Vietnamese Intellectual Society (VIS) in the UK and Ireland on January 14 held an annual meeting to review its performance last year and a traditional Lunar New Year celebration for Vietnamese expatriates.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh speaks at the gathering on January 15. (Photo: VNA) 
Staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia pose for a group photo at the event. (Photo: VNA) 
