Overseas Vietnamese in the Republic ofKorea and Bangladesh joined other Vietnamese communitiesworldwide in celebrating the Lunar New Year (Tet), the eve of whichfalls on February 2 this year.
The VietnameseEmbassy in the RoK held the celebration on January 29 with theannouncement of the establishment of the Vietnamese Association in theRoK, in the presence of Overseas Vietnamese (OVs), students and guestworkers as well as members of two RoK families of Vietnamese origin, LyHoa Son and Ly Tinh Thien.
Vietnamese AmbassadorTran Trong Toan highly spoke of valuable contributions made by theVietnamese community in the RoK to fruitful national development.
He also recognised their role in promoting relations betweenVietnam and the RoK, describing them as a bridge spanning the twonations.
OV representatives, including bridesgetting married to RoK husbands, expressed their deep love of thefatherland, saying they would never forget their roots.
They also pledged to continue contributing to the nationaldevelopment for a prosperous Vietnam as well as to relations betweenthe two countries.
The celebration warmed uphome-sick expatriates with traditional food and art programmes which sawVietnamese brides and their RoK husbands among the non-professionalartists.
Gatherings for the same purpose were heldby the Vietnamese Embassies to Bangladesh and Italy and by theVietnamese General Consulate in Houston, the US./.
HCM City youths join volunteer activities in Laos
More than 100 young people in Ho Chi Minh City have begun a trip to neighbouring Laos for volunteer activities until June 28.
