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The 2022 Kochi-Vietnam winter exchange festival was held in Kochi prefecture of Japan on November 27.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has expressed her wish that the Vietnamese community in France would further promote Vietnam-France ties in all spheres, especially in economy, culture, sci-tech and people-to-people exchanges, thus enhancing the bilateral strategic partnership in a more practical and effective manner.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met representatives of the Vietnamese community in Cambodia on November 20 afternoon, within the framework of his official visit to the country and his attendance at the 43rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43).

A delegation of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) led by its deputy head Mai Phan Dung had meetings with representatives of Vietnamese associations in Australia, during the visit to the country from November 6-10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highly valued the patriotism and important contributions of overseas Vietnamese and the Vietnamese business community in Cambodia to Vietnam’s national construction and defence, as well as to the relations between the two countries.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on October 20 handed over 3,000 EUR (nearly 3,000 USD) in donations to Maria Richter, director of a centre supporting the homeless and disadvantaged people in Lichtenberg district of Berlin.

Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong met with officials of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, Vietnamese representative offices and the Vietnamese community in the country on October 19, as part of his ongoing visit to Cambodia.

ietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang had a meeting with the Vietnamese community and Vietnamese students in the French port city of Marseille, as part of his trip to Aix Marseille Provence metropolis from October 9-11.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and a delegation of Vietnam arrived in Zagreb on October 9 afternoon (local time), beginning their official visit to Croatia.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on October 5 received a token of COVID-19 prevention and control aid worth some 1.8 billion VND (75,408 USD) from the Vietnamese Buddhist cultural centre in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy held a banquet on September 21 marking the 77th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2), along with a photo exhibition on Vietnam and its people, a fashion show by designer Hoang Hai and a Vietnamese cuisine space themed “Ciao Vietnam”.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision approving a project to strengthen communications on human rights in Vietnam in the 2023-2028 period, with an aim to enhance public awareness and knowledge of human rights and give people inside and outside the country a better insight of Vietnam’s policies, efforts and achievements in protecting and promoting human rights in the country.

The Vietnamese community in northern Laos has taken action to help locals recently hit by Storm Ma-on.

The Vietnam Day in Slovakia was jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Association in the Central European country on August 28 in Bratislava.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany hosted a get-together in Berlin on August 28 for representatives of the Vietnamese community in the host country on the occasion of the 77th National Day (September 2) and the 77th traditional day of the diplomatic sector (August 28).

A training course on Vietnamese language teaching opened in Hanoi on August 15 for 80 Vietnamese teachers from nine countries.

Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia led by Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi have visited Vietnamese people in Russia’s southern city of Krasnodar.

September 8 will become an annual day for honouring the Vietnamese language under a decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on the approval of a project to honour it among the Vietnamese community abroad in the 2023-2030 period.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka is monitoring the complex developments in the country and has asked local agencies to ensure security and safety for Vietnamese citizens there, Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on July 21.

The UK market still has considerable room for Vietnamese rice suppliers to boost exports thanks to the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) tariff quota and the Vietnamese community of more than 100,000 people in the UK, a senior trade official has said.