Overseas Vietnamese attend the meeting held by the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland on January 14. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese IntellectualSociety (VIS) in the UK and Ireland on January 14 held an annual meeting toreview its performance last year and a traditional Lunar New Year celebration for Vietnamese expatriates.
Speaking at the event, VIS chairman Nguyen Xuan Huan saidthat with more than 100 members mostly professors, associate professors,lecturers, and post-graduates at over 60 universities in the UK and Ireland,the VIS first aims to connect and support its members and then, develop the Vietnamese community in the UK.
He said in 2023, VIS will continue to expand its activities,not only in the academic field to connect and cooperate with otherorganisations such as the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK, the AssociationVietnam-UK friendship, and Vietnamese associations in the UK to promoteVietnam-UK relations.
This year, for the first time, VIS and the Vietnamesestudents’ association in Oxford city jointly held a Tet celebration at WadhamCollege which attracted the members of the two associations, their families,and Vietnamese overseas living and working in the UK.
Meanwhile, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore and theVietnamese students’ association in the country on January 14 held a Tetcelebration for students who will spend the coming Lunar New Year festival awayfrom home.
Nearly 100 Vietnamese students and guests attended the eventwhich included typical preparation for a traditional Tet celebration likemaking "chung" cake, playing folk games, and delivering Tet wishes tofamily and friends.
The activities not only help Vietnamese students feel Tetatmosphere when staying away from home but also promote Vietnamese culture toforeigners./.
