Vietnamese communities abroad have held a series of activities celebrating the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which falls on February 14.

The Vietnamese Association in France (UGVF) hosted a ceremony welcoming Tet in Paris with more than 2,000 Vietnamese who are working and studying in the country.

Not only in Paris, overseas Vietnamese in other French cities such as Lyon, Marseilles, Toulouse and Bordeauy, held New Year celebrations with special and plentiful cultural and artistic activities.

More than 500 Vietnamese people in Switzerland gathered in Berne city on February 7 to welcome the traditional Tet festival while nearly 700 people from southern and northern cities of California in the US were invited to attend a get-together hosted by the Vietnamese Consulate General in San Francisco .

Vietnamese communities in Laos and Japan celebrated the traditional Tet with various cultural activities and art performances.

The Vietnamese Embassies in Italy, Thailand and Bangladesh also held new-year meetings with overseas Vietnamese./.