An art performance at the Tet gathering held by the General Union of Vietnamese People in France. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Get-togethers have been held recently in France, Russia, Canada,and Italy for overseas Vietnamese to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
On February 3, the General Union of Vietnamese People inFrance (UGVF) held the largest-scale Tet (Lunar New Year) gathering at PavillonBaltard centre, attracting the participation of over 2,000 overseas Vietnamese(OVs).
The UGVF organised booths with many culinary specialties andhandicrafts, imbued with Vietnamese cultural traditions.
Participants were also entertained with art performances andfolk games of Vietnam.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi (C) and his spouse (second from right) wrap "banh chung" (square sticky rice cake) together with OVs. (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, the Vietnamese Association and the VietnameseBusiness Association in Russia jointly held the “Xuan Que huong” (HomelandSpring) programme.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi recalledoutstanding achievements of the nation as well as Vietnam-Russia relationsin the past year, which were partly contributed by the Vietnamese community inRussia.
Khoi reiterated the Party and State's consistent policy thatthe Vietnamese community abroad, including OVs in Russia, is an inseparable partand a resource of the Vietnamese ethnic community.
Vietnamese students in Ottawa wear 'ao dai' (Photo: VNA)
On the same day, the Vietnamese Embassy in Ottawa alsoorganised a Tet gathering for Vietnamese people living, working, and studyingin Canada.
The Tet get-together held in Milan. (Photo: VNA)
On February 2 evening, a similar event was also organised in Milan city bythe Vietnamese Embassy in Italy./.
A delegation from Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Prey Veng provinces, led by the provinces' governors Peng Posa and Soun Somalin, visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to the authorities of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region on February 2.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed decisions regarding the allocation of more than 1,444 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to five provinces for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival and the between-crop period.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on February 4 visited and gave gifts to 400 policy beneficiaries, poor and near-poor households, and workers living in difficult circumstances in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
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An art performance at the Tet gathering held by the General Union of Vietnamese People in France. (Photo: VNA) 
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi (C) and his spouse (second from right) wrap "banh chung" (square sticky rice cake) together with OVs. (Photo: VNA) 
Vietnamese students in Ottawa wear 'ao dai' (Photo: VNA) 
The Tet get-together held in Milan. (Photo: VNA) 
