The Vietnamese Consulate General in Houston, the US state of Texas,organised a get-together on February 12 to celebrate the lunar New Year(Tet) festival.
The event brought together nearly 300Vietnamese living in the state, who were joined by representatives fromHouston administration and the US State Department.
Addressing the celebration, Consul General Nguyen Van Hoa highlightedprogress in Vietnam-US bilateral relations in 2014. Two way tradebetween the two countries reached 35 billion USD last year.
Hecalled on the Vietnamese expatriates to contribute more to the tiesbetween Texas State and Vietnam in the fields of economy, investment,education and health.
On the same occasion, the Vietnamese Embassies in Germany and Egypt also carried out many activities to celebrate Tet.
Ambassadorto Egypt Dao Thanh Chung asserted the State and Party’s consistentpolicy of considering overseas Vietnamese as an inseparable part of theVietnamese nation.
He also praised contributions of theoverseas Vietnamese to the country’s development, stronger internationalintegration, and raising the position of Vietnam in the world.-VNA