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New York gathering celebrates Tet

Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Consulate General in New York have held a get-together on the occasion of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, with the participation of nearly 400 overseas Vietnamese.
New York gathering celebrates Tet ảnh 1Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Consulate General in New York have held a get-together on the occasion of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. (Photo: VNA)

New York (VNA) – Vietnam’sPermanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese ConsulateGeneral in New York have held a get-together on the occasion of the upcomingTet (Lunar New Year) festival, with the participation of nearly 400 overseasVietnamese.

In his remarks, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the mission, informedparticipants about what the homeland has achieved in 2018.

The most noteworthy is Vietnam’s ratification of the Comprehensive andProgressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), it successfulorganisation of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN, the country’s first-evermembership of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and thedeployment of the first level-2 field hospital in South Sudan for UNpeacekeeping operations.

Vietnam aims to boost bilateral ties with foreign countries in 2019, whilestepping up multilateral diplomacy and relations with the UN, he said, addingthat, the country will work harder to win a non-permanent seat at the UNSecurity Council for the 2020-2010 tenure, Quy said.

He applauded valuable contributions of Vietnamese expats to the homeland aswell as their support for Vietnam efforts in developing external relations.-VNA

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