Berlin (VNA) – Established with the mission of being a cultural bridge between Vietnam and Germany, for the last 15 years, Huong Viet, an online magazine of Vietnamese people in Germany, has kept promoting its role and maintaining its position as a leading Vietnamese electronic information site in Germany.
Vietnamese media assess the magazine as an important information channel, especially for Vietnamese people living, studying, and working in Germany and the EU.
Launched on January 24, 2009, Huong Viet updates information about the Vietnamese community, the homeland, and Germany, which helps more than 200,000 overseas Vietnamese people in Germany better integrate into the host community.
The magazine also joins in organising or sponsoring dozens of annual community events in Germany. Notably, it also co-organises cultural events, sports, music, exhibitions, beauty contests, and singing contests, aiming to help overseas Vietnamese preserve and promote the Vietnamese cultural values and strengthen solidarity in the Vietnamese community.
The magazine organsised a trip for overseas Vietnamese to return to Vietnam to hand over the condolence book of the magazine’s readers to the family of General Vo Nguyen Giap and visit Truong Sa.
In 2024, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Huong Viet magazine and the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - Germany relations, the magazine is preparing a special programme promoting Vietnamese culture.
With efforts and contributions for more than a decade, Huong Viet Magazine and its Editor-in-Chief Pham Khanh Nam have received many awards, and certificates of merit from agencies at all levels./.