Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung and officials of the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese representative offices in the US offer incense to Hung Kings (Photo: VNA) At a cultural festivalheld in Washington D.C in the US on April 13, Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung and officials of the VietnameseEmbassy and Vietnamese representative offices in the US offered incense to HungKings - the legendary founders of the nation, and President Ho Chi Minh.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Dung said that this is achance for Vietnamese in Washington, especially the youth, to meet and paytribute to ancestors. The diplomat expressed his hope that this meaningful activitywill help promote valuable traditions and the cultural beauty of Vietnam.
At the event, the organising committee honoured 30 studentswith outstanding performance in studying and other activities.
Participants enjoyed art performances byVietnamese youngsters and guests.
Bich Duong, an overseas Vietnamese in the US, said that shehopes the Vietnamese Embassy will organise more activities on larger scale topopularise the Vietnamese culture to OVs and US friends.
Participants at the get-together to mark the Hung Kings Commemoration Day in Saint Petersburg on April 13 (Photo: VNA) Meanwhile, Vietnamese in Saint Petersburg, Russia, organiseda get-together to mark the Hung Kings Commemoration Day, drawing more than 200 Vietnamesepeople and Russian friends, including Professor Vladimir Kolotov, head of theHo Chi Minh Institute at St. Petersburg University.
This is the fourth time the event has been held in Russia in response to the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day.
Head of the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day project in Saint Petersburg Dao Dai Hai underlinedthe event’s meaning in connecting OVs as well as Vietnamese at home and abroad.
Professor Kolotov cited President Ho Chi Minh's famous saying that “theHung Kings founded the nation, we should get together to protect it,” holdingthat this motto has helped develop the great national solidarity and internalstrength for Vietnam to gain independence, construct the country, integrateinto the world and make contributions to the global community.
Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Russia TranPhu Nhuan highlighted the significance of the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day,calling for Vietnamese communities in Europe and Russia to spread the Vietnamesehumane traditions and foster their solidarity.
Dao Van Anh, 19, a Vietnamese in Russia, said that herfather told her about the legend of Hung Kings. Although she has never visitedVietnam, but the event gave her a deep insight into the meaning of the HungKing Commemoration Day and made her feel that she is a member of the 100-million-strong family of Vietnam, she said.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in SaintPetersburg Do The Manh said that the event helps connect Vietnamese studentsand spread the spirit of "drinking water, remember the source" morestrongly and widely among them./.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Dung said that this is achance for Vietnamese in Washington, especially the youth, to meet and paytribute to ancestors. The diplomat expressed his hope that this meaningful activitywill help promote valuable traditions and the cultural beauty of Vietnam.
At the event, the organising committee honoured 30 studentswith outstanding performance in studying and other activities.
Participants enjoyed art performances byVietnamese youngsters and guests.
Bich Duong, an overseas Vietnamese in the US, said that shehopes the Vietnamese Embassy will organise more activities on larger scale topopularise the Vietnamese culture to OVs and US friends.
Participants at the get-together to mark the Hung Kings Commemoration Day in Saint Petersburg on April 13 (Photo: VNA) This is the fourth time the event has been held in Russia in response to the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day.
Head of the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day project in Saint Petersburg Dao Dai Hai underlinedthe event’s meaning in connecting OVs as well as Vietnamese at home and abroad.
Professor Kolotov cited President Ho Chi Minh's famous saying that “theHung Kings founded the nation, we should get together to protect it,” holdingthat this motto has helped develop the great national solidarity and internalstrength for Vietnam to gain independence, construct the country, integrateinto the world and make contributions to the global community.
Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Russia TranPhu Nhuan highlighted the significance of the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day,calling for Vietnamese communities in Europe and Russia to spread the Vietnamesehumane traditions and foster their solidarity.
Dao Van Anh, 19, a Vietnamese in Russia, said that herfather told her about the legend of Hung Kings. Although she has never visitedVietnam, but the event gave her a deep insight into the meaning of the HungKing Commemoration Day and made her feel that she is a member of the 100-million-strong family of Vietnam, she said.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in SaintPetersburg Do The Manh said that the event helps connect Vietnamese studentsand spread the spirit of "drinking water, remember the source" morestrongly and widely among them./.
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