Overseas Vietnamese gather for Tet celebrations

The Vietnamese Consulate General in San Francisco recently held a grand meeting for overseas Vietnamese to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) as the biggest traditional festival is just around the corner.
Washington D.C (VNA) – The VietnameseConsulate General in San Francisco recently held a grand meeting for overseasVietnamese to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) as the biggest traditionalfestival is just around the corner.

The event was attended by 500 who are Vietnamese-USofficials, businessmen, scholars, expatriates in the West Coast of the US, andrepresentatives from local authorities.

In his remarks, General Consul Nguyen Trac Toan informed the guests ofVietnam’s socio-economic achievements in 2019, highlighting that Vietnameseexpatriates in the US have made great contributions to the results, and adding 2020will mark an important milestone in the bilateral relations as both side aremarking the 25th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

Toan laid a stress on the role of the Vietnamese community in the US West Coastin building the nation and nurturing the Vietnam-US relations in the past time,while calling for international friends to join hands to develop the ties in a practicalfashion.

Meanwhile, similar event was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Tanzania onJanuary 19, drawing the participation of many Vietnamese people, businesses,and international friends.

Overseas Vietnamese gather for Tet celebrations ảnh 1Ambassador Nguyen Kim Doanh speaks at the meeting.(Photo: VNA)

Ambassador Nguyen Kim Doanh conveyed Tet wishes of the Party and State leadersto the Vietnamese community in the host nation, and highlighted Vietnam’s political-diplomaticand socio-economic achievements as well as the sound Vietnam-Tanzania relationsin the past year.

The Vietnamese Party and State always value the contributions by Vietnameseexpatriates, including those in Tanzania, in the national construction and defense,he said, expressing his belief that the Vietnamese people in the host nationwill continue to serve as a bridge to further the fruitful traditionalfriendship between the two countries.

He wished that the Vietnamese nationals will continue overcoming challenges andrespecting Tanzanian regulations to give international friends a good image ofVietnam.

Similar activities were also held in Mexico, Poland,Slovakia and the UK on the same occasion./.
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