The event offered a chance for Vietnamese students studying inthe East Asian country to enhance exchange and experience sharing, contributing to furtherbolstering the Vietnam–RoK friendship and cooperation.
As usual, Hanshin - themain sponsor – continued to donate 10 scholarships worth a total of 10 millionwon (nearly 7,400 USD) to Vietnamese excellent students studying in the RoK.
On the sameday, a Japanese-speaking contest for Vietnamese people in Japan was organised at theVietnamese Embassy in Japan as part of activities to celebrate the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Hosted by the Vietnam-Japan International ExchangeOrganisation (FAVIJA), the event was expected to contribute to fostering mutual understanding betweenthe two nations’ people.
A day earlier, Vietnamese Ambassador to RussiaDang Minh Khoi and PermanentVice President of the Overseas Vietnamese Association inRussia Tran Phu Thuan wereawarded the "For the young generation" insignia – the most noble award bythe Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCYU) to individuals with outstandingcontributions to training, fostering, and educating the young generation ofVietnam.
At a ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia onOctober 28, seven organisations and 13 individuals were presented with certificatesof merit in recognition of their contributions to youth movements in 2023.
In his speech, Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi affirmed that the union movement in Russia isone of the most active union movements, with many contributions to the Vietnameseyouth union movement worldwide. He took this occasion to urge the HCYU CentralCommittee to recognise great contributions of Vietnamese youth union membersand students in Russia.
Also on October 28, more than 400 Vietnamese students in Berlin,Potsdam, and neighbouring regions of Germany gathered at the Vietnamese BandsUnited 2023 (VNBU 2023) music show.
Members of three young Vietnamese bands - 95.8 MHZ fromHamburg and M2 - Music & More from Berlin, and Thich C-A from Paris(France), along with two well-known Vietnamese singers studying in Germany TrongHieu and Khoi Vu performed at the event.
VNBU, jointly organised by the VietnameseStudent Association in Berlin and Potsdam (VietSoc) and the M2 band, served asnot only a destination for Vietnamese musical talents in Germany and Europe butalso a bridge to the music-loving community, helping them understanding more aboutVietnamese music./.