Overseas Vietnamese sing at the Tet celebration held by Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Overseas Vietnamesepeople in Japan, Israel, Slovakia, and Czech Republic have celebrated the Lunar NewYear (Tet) festival in a warm atmosphere in line with Vietnamese traditions.
On January 21 (the last day of the Year of the Tiger) and January 22 (the first day of the Year of Cat in Vietnam), authorities in Japan’sKobe city, Vietnamese businesses, and the Vietnamese Association in Kobe held aTet celebration for the local 8,000-strong Vietnamese community.
The event, sponsored by the Consulate Generalof Vietnam in Osaka, is one of the association’s activities towards the 50thanniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam andJapan.
On the occasion, representatives from Kobe administration pledged to support the operation of Japanese-Vietnamese friendship associations and the Vietnamese association in the city.
On January 21, the Vietnamese Embassy inIsrael coordinated with the Vietnamese community in the country to organise aTet celebration with the participation of about 300 guests including overseasVietnamese, the Embassy staff, and foreign friends in Israel.
Theprogramme recreated an old-time Tet space in Vietnam consisting of a spring food stall,wrapping and cooking chung cake, displaying a tray of five fruits, decoratingpeach bloomsome, kumquats, preparing a Tet meal, and offering lucky money.
The celebration, though held in a place far away from Vietnam, wasstill able to bring the overseas Vietnamese a joyful and cozy springatmosphere.
The same day, the Vietnamese Embassy inSlovakia cooperated with the Vietnamese Association in the country’s Bratislavacapital and Kosice city to organised a meeting marking the Vietnamesetraditional Tet festival.
Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassadorto Slovakia Nguyen Tuan highly appreciated the role of theVietnamese Association as a bridge connecting the overseas Vietnamese communitywith the homeland.
In 2022, the Vietnamese community in Slovakiacontributed to the Sovereign Canoe fund for the Truong Sa island district andthe DK1 rig with a total amount of more than 8,400 euros (over 9,100 USD).
In the Czech Republic, the Vietnamese Embassy coordinated withthe Vietnamese Association in the country to organise programme to celebratethe Lunar New Year 2023 on January 20 after nearly three years of disruption due to theCOVID-19 pandemic./.
