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A get-together has been held in Budapest to celebrate the National Day of Vietnam (September 2) and Hungary (August 20), drawing 150 delegates from Hungary and Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a gathering on August 18 to celebrate the National Day of Hungary (August 20), expressing its wish to cultivate fine relationship between the people of the city and Hungary.

The embassy of Vietnam and other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Budapest on August 9 held a ceremony to mark ASEAN's 56th founding anniversary (August 8, 1967-2023).

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has hailed Hungary for considering Vietnam a priority partner in its policy of strengthening and expanding ties with Southeast Asian nations.

Hungary - Vietnam relations will increasingly develop in the future, Márta Mátrai, first officer of the Hungarian National Assembly (NA), has said.

A forum of overseas Vietnamese women, the first of its kind, took place in Budapest, Hungary, on June 3, gathering nearly 250 delegates from 21 countries.

Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary on May 6 coordinated with Zalaegerszeg city’s authorities and Vietnamese associations in Hungary to organise a Vietnamese Culture Day which attracted nearly 3,000 visitors.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai on April 5 had a meeting with Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam Baloghdi Tibor.

Permanent Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Van Mai on February 22 received Szojka Éva Szilvia, Consul General of Hungary in Ho Chi Minh City, who came to bid farewell at the end of her tenure in Vietnam.

The first feature film length collaboration between Vietnam and Hungary hit the big screen on February 15 in Budapest.

A ceremony was held at the Urania National Film Theatre in Budapest, Hungary on February 8 to debut “Flower of the Apple Tree” – the first joint Hungary-Vietnam film.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has hosted an art prgramme to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) with the participation of representatives of the Vietnamese community, Hungarian officials and foreign friends.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the liaison board of Vietnamese war veterans in Hungary co-organised a ceremony on December 20 to mark 50 years of the signing of the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973) and the 78th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944).

The Hungarian culture and food festival in Ho Chi Minh City has contributed to tightening the cultural ties between Vietnam and Hungary, thus further boosting the bilateral diplomatic relations, Hungarian Consul General in HCM City Szojka Eva Szilvia has said.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Tran Viet Truong and Hungarian Ambassador Baloghdi Tibor compared notes on measures to promote cooperation in high-tech agriculture and infrastructure construction during their meeting on November 29.

ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi and Hungarian Ambassador to Indonesia Lilla Karsay have signed to renew the ASEAN-Hungary Cooperation Agreement on Education

Secretary General of the National Assembly and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong held talks with his Hungarian counterpart Such Gyorgy in Hanoi on November 1.

The Vietnam – Hungary Friendship Association held a friendly gathering in Hanoi on September 18 on the occasion of the two countries’ national days.

The Vietnam Culture Week 2022 is underway in District 3, Budapest, Hungary from September 10-24.

The Budapest Vietnamese-language centre in Hungary recently launched the 2022-2023 academic year, in response to the Day for Honouring Vietnamese Language in Vietnamese Communities Abroad (September 8).