A series of events will be held for Overseas Vietnamese in the countrybetween now and the year’s end, said the State Committee on OverseasVietnamese in a press briefing in Hanoi on July 13.
The events include a requiem in commemoration of war martyrs who diedat the Southern West border and in Cambodia in the war against the KhmerRouge, a cultural week marking the 1,000 th anniversary of ThangLong-Hanoi, a live television programme and summer camps.
According to the Committee, 150 Overseas Vietnamese youngstersand students will return to their homeland to join young locals in thesummer camps pitched in 11 cities and provinces across the country fromJuly 15 to August 4.
“During their stay in thehomeland, they will take part in educational activities on the nationalhistory and culture,” said the Committee.
Another noteworthy event is the great requiem that will be held at theTan Bien Martyrs’ Cemetery in the southern province of Tay Ninhfrom July 15 to 17. The event, jointly held by the Committee, the TayNinh provincial People’s Committee, the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam andthe Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group, is also to mark the Dayfor Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Following the requiem is the cultural week from July 27 toAugust 2. The week will include processions taking tablets of Ly dynastykings to the royal citadel in Hanoi , a night festival of colouredlantern and flower garlands and a holy ceremony praying for a peacefulcountry and safe people.
Last but not the leastis the live television programme linking Hanoi , Vientiane andParis to be held on July 31. The TV programme aims to promote Hanoi’s thousand-year-old history to the world on the occasion of itsmillennial anniversary./.
The events include a requiem in commemoration of war martyrs who diedat the Southern West border and in Cambodia in the war against the KhmerRouge, a cultural week marking the 1,000 th anniversary of ThangLong-Hanoi, a live television programme and summer camps.
According to the Committee, 150 Overseas Vietnamese youngstersand students will return to their homeland to join young locals in thesummer camps pitched in 11 cities and provinces across the country fromJuly 15 to August 4.
“During their stay in thehomeland, they will take part in educational activities on the nationalhistory and culture,” said the Committee.
Another noteworthy event is the great requiem that will be held at theTan Bien Martyrs’ Cemetery in the southern province of Tay Ninhfrom July 15 to 17. The event, jointly held by the Committee, the TayNinh provincial People’s Committee, the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam andthe Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group, is also to mark the Dayfor Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Following the requiem is the cultural week from July 27 toAugust 2. The week will include processions taking tablets of Ly dynastykings to the royal citadel in Hanoi , a night festival of colouredlantern and flower garlands and a holy ceremony praying for a peacefulcountry and safe people.
Last but not the leastis the live television programme linking Hanoi , Vientiane andParis to be held on July 31. The TV programme aims to promote Hanoi’s thousand-year-old history to the world on the occasion of itsmillennial anniversary./.
