Expatriates make Tet home away from home
He described the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), which marks the
overseas Vietnamese custom of family and friend union, as a contribution
to Canadian social development.
The Vietnamese
population in the North American country is estimated at 260,000 who are
living in 10 provinces and three territories and have created a special
cultural identity there.
The Vietnamese
communities in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, France and
Tanzania have also celebrated Tet, enjoying preparation of food
specialties such as square sticky rice and art programmes about
Vietnam .
The Vietnamese embassies in several
countries have taken this opportunity to highlight relations between
Vietnam and these countries, to which, ambassadors said, the Vietnamese
communities have made considerable contributions./.