OVs join get-togethers ahead of Lunar New Year festival
The Embassies of Vietnam in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Algeria recently held get-togethers to celebrate the country’s traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Vietnamese people pose for a photo at the Tet gathering in Algeria (Photo: VNA)
Budapest (VNA) – The Embassiesof Vietnam in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Algeria recently heldget-togethers to celebrate the country’s traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
In Hungary, a reception hosted by the embassyand the Vietnamese Association in the country on January 15 was also to markthe 70th founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (February 3).
Speaking at the event, Ambassador NguyenTien Thuc recalled the development of the relations over the past 70 years,affirming that Hungary has been a close friend, traditional and importantpartner of Vietnam.
He voiced his hope that the bilateralrelations will continue to thrive in the coming time, in line with thecomprehensive partnership established in 2018. This year, the Embassy willorganise various activities to bolster bilateral cooperation in all fields,including politics, economy and culture.
For his part, Hungarian Deputy StateSecretary for Export Development at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade IstvanJoo underlined that Vietnam is among the countries of priority in Hungary’s foreignpolicy.
Hungary highly valued Vietnam’s achievementsin the national development as well as its rising position in internationalarena, as the country is currently the ASEAN Chair and a non-permanent memberof the United Nations Security Council.
Meanwhile, the Embassy in the CzechRepublic organised a get-together on January 16 for the Vietnamese community inthe country.
Speaking at the event, Ambassador Ho MinhTuan briefed the participants on the Vietnam’s developments last year. He spokehighly of the role and contributions of the Vietnamese community in the republic,which has close to 70,000 people, in promoting the countries’ relations.
The diplomat expressed his hope that thecommunity will closely work with the embassy to organise events marking the 70thfounding anniversary of diplomatic ties in the year.
The same day, at a get-together held inAlgeria, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh affirmed that overseas Vietnamese is aninseparable part of the country and spoke highly of their contributions to thehomeland.
He said that the Vietnamese Governmentalways creates optimal conditions for OVs to come home and do business in thecountry./.
The Homeland Spring festival, an annual gathering of Vietnamese living across the world to celebrate the traditional lunar new year festival in Vietnam, is set to take place on January 18 next year.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a meeting for overseas Vietnamese on January 10 to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest holiday in Vietnam.
Tet (Lunar New Year) is fast approaching, and people in Boe Dau village in the northern province of Thai Nguyen’s Co Lung commune are busy preparing banh chung (square glutinous rice cakes).
Overseas Vietnamese in the US, Australia and Thailand have organised a wide range of activities to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
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Vietnamese people pose for a photo at the Tet gathering in Algeria (Photo: VNA) 
