Overseas Vietnamese in France and Germany have celebrated the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) – the longest and biggest traditional event back in their home country – with a series of enticing cultural and musical activities.
Belgium’s French-language television channel BX1 has broadcasted a reportage entitled "Vietnamese people celebrate Tet in Woluwe Saint-Pierre" about the Lunar New Year (Tet) that the Vietnamese Association in Belgium and the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium organised on January 22 in Brussels.
The Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Belgium, and Germany has been enabled to mark the biggest and long annual traditional event of their homeland – the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) – via associated visits and gatherings over the past few days.
Nearly 500 overseas Vietnamese in the Netherlands and those evacuated from Ukraine on January 15 gathered at Vietnam Embassy in the Netherlands for a celebration of the Lunar New Year, the biggest traditional festival in a year for Vietnamese.
The Vietnamese Family Partnership (VFP), in coordination with the Vietnamese Association in the UK (VAUK), hosted a traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration for expatriates on January 15.
The Association for the Promotion of Vietnamese Culture (APCV) in France has held a programme in Paris to introduce the culture of Vietnam, one of activities celebrating the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked agencies under its wing to tighten control over order, security, and transportation during Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration and spring festivals this year.
The Vietnamese Intellectual Society (VIS) in the UK and Ireland on January 14 held an annual meeting to review its performance last year and a traditional Lunar New Year celebration for Vietnamese expatriates.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh extended Lunar New Year (Tet) wishes to authorities and people in the northern province of Nam Dinh while attending a programme to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year for workers on January 15.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore on January 4 held a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration that gathered its staff and representatives of the Vietnamese expatriate community.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 31 announced that it will offer a free flight to bring workers with difficult circumstances in southern provinces to their homes in the North for Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration.
Thailand police on December 28 launched a campaign to ensure road safety during the new year celebration, offering an award of 10,000 bahts (nearly 300 USD) for those who send police the best records of traffic violations.
The Liaison Committee of the Vietnamese Community in Singapore on December 18 joined activities organised by the country’s Ministry of Manpower and other agencies to mark the International Migrants Day.
As tourist arrivals to Thailand are expected to surpass the ten million mark on December 10, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to stage the “Amazing Thailand 10 Million Celebrations” to mark the joyous occasion.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said according to information from the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK), the body of the only Vietnamese victim who died in a Halloween celebration stampede in Seoul’s Itaewon area was repatriated on November 2.
A Vietnamese citizen was confirmed to be among the people killed in a Halloween celebration stampede in Seoul on October 29 night, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Ethnic minority people in Son La province celebrate their Le Mung Com Moi (New Rice Celebration) in the eighth lunar month as their terraced rice fields turn a golden yellow and glitter in the sunshine. The fairyland of the northwestern region attracts a throng of visitors during those days.
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