Speakingat the ceremony, Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach emphasised that teaching Vietnameselanguage to Vietnamese children in Ukraine in general and Kiev in particular is very important, because the mother tongue will help them communicate withtheir relatives at the homeland, contributing to preserving and promoting Vietnamese languageand culture in the host country.
It will also help increase career opportunities for those who want to live andwork in the homeland in the future, he added.
Thach affirmed that the embassy is willing to create the most favourable conditionsfor children to learn their mother tongue.
Forher part, Rector of the school Larisa Panteleivna expressed her delight at greatefforts of the embassy and the educational establishment to organise the courseamid difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a meaningful activity right after the embassy and the school signed acooperation agreement for the 2021-2026 period, she said.
Afterthe ceremony, the embassy's working delegation visited a gallery space on PresidentHo Chi Minh in the school's campus./.
