The Belgium-Vietnam Alliance (BVA) on Sept. 11 launched a Vietnamese
course at the Hung Vuong Culture and Language Centre in Brussels.
Speaking at the opening, BVA President Steve Stevaert
expressed hope that the centre will bring more practical benefits to
the Vietnamese community in Belgium and Luxembourg .
Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Pham Sanh Chau pledged to support
activities which are aimed at connecting overseas Vietnamese in
Belgium and introducing Vietnamese culture.
The
same day, Sao Mai School in the German capital city of Berlin ,
which is designed to teach the Vietnamese language to Vietnamese
children, held a ceremony to start the new school year 2011-2012.
Established in 2007, the school now has four classes and regular teaches Vietnamese at weekends./.