Each year, delegations of overseas Vietnamese are invited to visit Truong Sa (Spratly) as a gesture that underscores the deep national unity shared between Vietnamese at home and abroad. For many, it is not only a journey to the frontline of the nation’s sovereignty but also a symbolic return to their roots.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) wrapped up the 2024 training course on Vietnamese language teaching for Vietnamese teachers abroad, the 12th edition of its kind, in Hanoi on December 13.
After nearly a year of construction, the Thailand-Vietnam Cultural Street Gate was inaugurated in the Thai northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom on October 10 to the welcome of over 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates from across Thailand.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairwoman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SOCV) Le Thi Thu Hang visited the family of Eamon McMullen in Dublin on October 3 (local time), expressing gratitude for their adoption of a Vietnamese child named Ngo Huong Thao.
In celebration of the annual Vietnamese Language Day (September 8) for the overseas Vietnamese community, this year’s programme honouring the mother tongue will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on September 8 evening.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs kicked off the Vietnam Summer Camp 2024 for young overseas Vietnamese in Hanoi on July 16.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) in coordination with the Hanoi Bar Association organised a conference on June 27 to popularise regulations and laws regarding the Land Law 2024 of Vietnam to overseas Vietnamese (OVs).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) held a press conference in Hanoi on June 3 to announce the results of the 20-year implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution 36-NQ/TW on OV affairs.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended the launch of the Business Association of Vietnamese in Korea (BAViK), the first official organisation representing Vietnamese businesses operating in the Republic of Korea (RoK), in Seoul on May 30.
A total of 120 young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from across 17 countries and territories worldwide paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien special national relic site in the late leader’s hometown in the central province of Nghe An’s Nam Dan district on July 25, as part of their Vietnam Summer Camp 2023.
A delegation of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) led by its deputy head Mai Phan Dung paid a visit to Hong Kong and Macau (China) from May 26-30.
The People’s Committee of central Quang Binh province held a gathering on July 25 with the young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) taking part in the Vietnam Summer Camp 2022.
Vietnamese collectives and individuals in the Czech Republic were honoured on July 22 for their outstanding contributions to the fight against COVID-19, community building and supporting flood victims in Vietnam's central region.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a seminar to foster the pride and responsibility of OVs in the protection of the country’s sovereignty over its seas and islands on November 20.
With support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese representative agencies in Europe, a virtual congress took place recently to set up the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Europe, gathering young Vietnamese from 11 nations including Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Poland.
As many as 17 collectives and 33 individuals were honoured at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20 for their achievements in overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the city for the 2018-2020 period.
This year’s Homeland Spring, an annual programme held for overseas Vietnamese to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), will feature only one show without audience due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organisers.
