Participants at the progamme to welcome the Lunar New Year 2024 on January 30 in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: VNA) Bangkok (VNA) - The Vietnamesecommunity in Thailand has grown strongly and played an important role in maintaining andcultivating the friendship relations between the two countries, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh.
The diplomat affirmed this at a progamme to welcomethe Lunar New Year 2024 on January 30 in Bangkok, which gathered over 300representatives of the Vietnamese community in Thailand.
The ambassador appreciated the active participation andcoordination of the community in all activities of the embassy last year,expressing his hope that OVs in Thailand will continue to join hands toovercome all difficulties and challenges, contributing to promoting the friendly relations between the two countries, and the homeland’s development.
Ninh Viet Thong, Vice Chairman of the Association of Vietnamese People in Bangkok and surrounding areas, said he wasespecially happy that the Vietnamese National Assembly recently passed the LandLaw (amended) with many new regulations, including the expansion of land-use rights for Vietnamese citizens, including those residing abroad.
This is a goodopportunity for OVs to invest and live in the homeland, he said.
A get-together for Cambodian people of Vietnamese origin in northwest and southwest regions to celebrate Tet (Photo: VNA) The same day, a get-together for Cambodian people of Vietnamese origin in northwest and southwestregions to celebrate Tet was organised by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Battambang và PreahSihanouk provinces.
In his speech at the event, Consul General Nguyen Thanh Van emphasisedthat the Party and State always consider the Vietnamese community abroad as aninseparable part of the nation.
According to the Consul General, Khmer-Vietnamese Association’s chapters in seven northwestern provinces of Cambodia have organised many activities topromote solidarity among the Vietnamese community. Vietnamese businesses investing and doing business in the regionhave always accompanied the Consulate General in community support activities.
The diplomat expressed his hope that Vietnamese-origin people in Cambodia will strictly abideby the hostcountry’s law, integrate more deeply into the host society, and activelypromote and preserve the tradition of solidarity and cultural identity of thehomeland, thus making practical contributions to the Vietnam - Cambodiacooperative relations.
Viettel Cambodia (Metfone), a subsidiary ofthe Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) coordinated with theVietnamese Embassy in Phom Penh and the Khmer-Vietnamese Association inCambodia to launch a Tet celebration programme for the community of Cambodians of Vietnamese origin there,during which 1,075 Tet gifts worth 22,655 USD were offered to the needy fromthe community across Cambodia.
An art performance at the event to celebrate Tet in Mozambique (Photo: VNA) In a similar event organised by the Vietnamese Embassyin Mozambique, Ambassador Pham Hoang Kim affirmed the agency always considers community work as one of its most important priorities.
NguyenQuoc Huy, Deputy General Director of Movitel - ajoint venture between Vietnam's Viettel Group and Mozambique's SPI company,said the firm hasbeen supporting many Mozambican ministries and sectors in implementing digitaltransformation. He expressed his hope that the Vietnamese community in the countrywill enhance solidarity and promote the tradition of mutual support to overcomedifficulties in work and in life in the country.
Meanwhile, Doctor Ngo Kim Trong, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association inMozambique, expressed his belief that with the spirit of solidarity andwillingness to share and help each other, OVs in Mozambique will continue to actas a bridge promoting the friendship and cooperation between the two countries./.
