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The Vietnamese community in China on January 16 gathered at the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), the year of the Rooster.

The Vietnamese community in Argentina gathered at a get-together on January 15 to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the Vietnamese’s most important event of a year.

Vietnam’s Embassy in Cuba has organised a Tet (Lunar New Year) 2017 festival for the Vietnamese community in Cuba.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to work to get the host country’s support for Vietnamese businesses’ stable and long-term operations there.

Vietnam expects that Cambodia’s authorised agencies and local authorities will work to help the Vietnamese community in the country enjoy their legitimate rights and interests.

The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians (GAVC) convened its second congress for the 2016-2021 tenure in Phnom Penh on September 16.

The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane, Laos, launched its new school year on September 14, welcoming 1,897 students at all levels.

Politburo member Truong Thi Mai, who is Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Mass Mobilisation, paid a working visit to Russia from September 10-13.

A delegation of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs led by Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Hong Nam, who is also head of the committee, visited Canada’s big cities from September 7-10.

The Vietnamese community in Australia has pledged to provide 500,000 AUD (378,000 USD) for the local arm of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to support refugees.

The Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic has enjoyed equal rights as other recognised foreign communities there, stated Hoang Dinh Thang, head of the Vietnamese Association in the country.

The Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea (RoK) staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul on July 24 to oppose China’s illegal activities in the East Sea.

The Vietnamese community in Poland has held a meeting in Wassaw to welcome the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Foyer Vietnam, also known as “Vietnamese House” – a venue for many Vietnamese cultural events in Paris, opened its e-portal on June 27.

Ho Chi Minh City should design more effective policies to make full use of the huge brainpower potential of the Overseas Vietnamese community (OV).

Vice Governor of Odessa in Ukraine Salomia Bobrovskaya has apologised to the Vietnamese community in the city for unwarranted raids on their houses in the Vietnamese quarter.

The first Vietnam Film Week in the Czech Republic kicked off on late May 20 at Lucerna Cinema in the capital city of Prague, attracting hundreds of movie lovers.

Each Vietnamese living in Russia has the responsibility for nurturing and developing the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

The Canada – Vietnam Society (CVS) was launched at a ceremony in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

More than 134,000 Vietnamese nationals are living in the Republic of Korea, forming the third largest foreign community in the country after those from China and the United States.