As football brings people together, Vietnamese cuisine serves as a bridge that helps international visitors better understand the country's culture, people and vibrant overseas Vietnamese community in multicultural Canada.
The second Vietnam Festival in Osaka, Japan opened on April 27 following the success of the first event in 2023 held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – Japan diplomatic relations.
The 57th meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information (ASEAN-COCI 57) opened on November 24 in the central province of Quang Nam, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam.
Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia joined those from 19 other diplomatic agencies of member nations of the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) cooperation mechanism in a cultural festival in Jakarta on March 27.
The culinary festival “Essence of Vietnamese food” will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 6-8, introducing special dishes from across the nation, as part of activities to develop food tourism
Vietnamese expatriates in Singapore celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival at a get-together recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the host country and the Liaison Committee of the Vietnamese Community in Singapore.
A string of activities highlighting the culture of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) was included in the fourth Vietnamese Community Festival held in Daejeon city on September 17.
Vietnam introduced handicrafts and traditional cuisine to the Asia-Pacific Women’s Association’s spring festival in Brussels on May 6, which attracted women from 17 foreign embassies in Belgium.
