Vietnamese people living in the UK have joined local people in a series of activities imbued with Vietnam’s traditional cultural features to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
The staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative offices in the UK wrap "banh chung". (Photo: VNA)
London (VNA) – Vietnamese people living in the UK have joined localpeople in a series of activities imbued with Vietnam’s traditional culturalfeatures to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
The biggest annual festival of theVietnamese community in the UK, the event attracted a large number ofparticipants, with folk games, martial arts performances, and singing inVietnamese.
A contest to wrap ‘banh chung’ (squaresticky rice cake), a traditional dish for the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festivalof Vietnamese people, was also held and joined in by many people.
Participants also had an opportunity to attend the springfair, with traditional specialties such as Tet jam, salted/sugared dried fruits,green tea, banh chung, spring rolls, fresh fruits imported from Vietnam, andflowers and ornamental plants such as peach blossom, apricot blossom, andkumquat.
Speaking at the event, VietnameseAmbassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long affirmed that the embassy alwaysaccompanies overseas Vietnamese in the UK in community activities, contributingto preserving and promoting the cultural and humanistic values of theVietnamese people./.
Nearly 500 Vietnamese people and Dutch friends gathered at a programme held recently by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Every year, Tet is celebrated on the first days of the first lunar month throughout Vietnam and in other countries where Vietnamese people live. During the festival, family members gather together, visit relatives, give good wishes and lucky money to others, and worship ancestors.
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The staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative offices in the UK wrap "banh chung". (Photo: VNA) 
