When Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year festival, arrives once more,the country’s embassies all over the world are eager to organisecelebrations for expatriates.
A warm meeting to celebrate Tetfestival was held in the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia onJanuary 25 with the attendance of ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh,officials of Vietnamese representative offices along with a greatnumber of the Vietnamese community living in the country.
The programme was full of traditional dishes as well as songs and dances performed by overseas students.
The same day, representatives of the 60,000 Vietnamese community inJapan had a chance to gather at the embassy to prepare a Tet meal,including such traditional dishes as banh chung (square sticky ricecakes), banh tet (cylindral sticky rice cakes), xoi gac (steamedmomordica glutinous rice) and boiled chicken.
In Europeancountries, overseas Vietnamese who are living and studying in Belgium’sBrussels and Germany’s Berlin also gathered for Tet celebrations in avenue decorated with hoa dao (peach blossom), which symbolises Tet inthe north, and hoa mai (apricot blossom), available in the south.
Meanwhile, a get-together held in Mexico City also saw the attendanceof Cuban Ambassador in Mexico Dagobero Rodriguez and his spouse alongwith a number of Cuban friends.
Vietnamese in the US and Australia also attended New Year banquets full of Vietnamese flavours.-VNA
A warm meeting to celebrate Tetfestival was held in the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia onJanuary 25 with the attendance of ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh,officials of Vietnamese representative offices along with a greatnumber of the Vietnamese community living in the country.
The programme was full of traditional dishes as well as songs and dances performed by overseas students.
The same day, representatives of the 60,000 Vietnamese community inJapan had a chance to gather at the embassy to prepare a Tet meal,including such traditional dishes as banh chung (square sticky ricecakes), banh tet (cylindral sticky rice cakes), xoi gac (steamedmomordica glutinous rice) and boiled chicken.
In Europeancountries, overseas Vietnamese who are living and studying in Belgium’sBrussels and Germany’s Berlin also gathered for Tet celebrations in avenue decorated with hoa dao (peach blossom), which symbolises Tet inthe north, and hoa mai (apricot blossom), available in the south.
Meanwhile, a get-together held in Mexico City also saw the attendanceof Cuban Ambassador in Mexico Dagobero Rodriguez and his spouse alongwith a number of Cuban friends.
Vietnamese in the US and Australia also attended New Year banquets full of Vietnamese flavours.-VNA
