The Vietnamese Student Association in the UK (SVUK) has pledged to strengthen members' connections, further promote students' activities in the host country, and accelerate digitalisation to enhance operational efficiency.

Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU), a union of Vietnamese students' organisations there, aims to build a united association of the students and promote the youthful spirit of daring dynamism and creativity, held its third congress in Sydney on October 5.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) held an event called "Bamboo Legend” on March 16 to conclude the Vietnamese Culture Week 2024 at the university.

Students should affirm and demonstrate their responsibility towards the country, with a view to realising the goal of becoming a developed country with high income by 2045, President Vo Van Thuong emphasised while addressing the 11th National Congress of the Vietnamese Students’ Association (VSA) in Hanoi on December 19.

Bui Quang Huy, born in 1977, an alternative member of the Party Central Committee and Standing Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) Central Committee, has been elected as the First Secretary of the HCMYU Central Committee for the 11th tenure (2017-2022) on August 25.

Samsung Display Vietnam (SDV) and the Vietnamese Students’ Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the organisation of recruitment workshops, expected to create new job opportunities for Vietnamese students and also help tighten the two countries’ friendship.

Poor students and children of frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic are receiving learning aids under a programme launched on October 5.

The Vietnamese community in Australia has raised funds in support of the fight against COVID-19 in their homeland.

The 2021 Canon Student Chie-Tech, an automation competition for technology students, was launched during an online ceremony in Hanoi on May 6.

The chapter of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in the central city of Da Nang, on August 27, launched an aid programme to help COVID-impacted students of local colleges and universities to get daily necessaries free of charge.

Vietnamese communities in many countries are celebrating the traditional New Year (Tet) on lunar calendar, which falls on January 25 this year, with various activities.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in the Republic of Korea (VSAK) held its seventh congress in Seoul on April 7 to review its work from 2017-2019 and set forth a plan for the next three years.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in Thailand was set up at its first congress held in Bangkok in mid-December.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in Italy held a student festival and Vietnamese culture day in Italy at Calabria University on May 6.

Vietnam Day 2016, themed “Journey to the Motherland” was held on September 24 in Wellington, New Zealand, to celebrate the 71 st anniversary of Vietnam’s Independence Day.