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Vietnamese language – national pride of overseas Vietnamese: Minister

For the community of nearly 6 million Vietnamese people living, studying, and working abroad, the Vietnamese language is a source of pride, a bridge connecting them with their homeland, and a factor preserving traditional culture and confirming their position and confidence in international integration, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.
Vietnamese language – national pride of overseas Vietnamese: Minister ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang (left) gives a certificate of merit to a candidate who won the title "Ambassador of Vietnamese language". (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –For the community of nearly 6 million Vietnamese people living, studying, andworking abroad, the Vietnamese language is a source of pride, a bridge connecting them with theirhomeland, and a factor preserving traditional culture and confirming theirposition and confidence in international integration, said Minister ofForeign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

Speaking at a gala held onSeptember 8 night by the State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA)and Vietnam Television (VTV) to mark the Day for honouring theVietnamese language in the overseas Vietnamese community, Son said thatpreserving and promoting the Vietnamese language in particular and theVietnamese traditional cultural identity in general in the Vietnamese communityabroad have received the special attention of the Party, State, and Government.

In August 2022, the PrimeMinister approved a project on a Vietnamese language day, in which September 8was chosen to be the day to honour the Vietnamese language in the overseasVietnamese community.

2023 is the firstyear the project has been implemented with many positive results generatedthanks to the attention and positive response from ministries, departments, agencies, localities, and socio-political organisations, press agencies,especially Vietnamese associations and individuals abroad, Son said.

Earlier on September 8, the SCOVA held a meeting to review activities marking the “Day for honouring the Vietnamese language” in 2023.

The gala, "Tieng Methan thuong” ( Beloved mother tongue), included performances on five themes –Origins, Vietnamese - My language, Spreading Vietnamese, Home ReturningJourney, and  Ambassadors of Vietnamese Language. The performances were based on the true story of a girl of Vietnameseorigin who was raised and grew up abroad and can’t speak Vietnamese.Determining to speak the mother tongue, she made efforts to learn Vietnameseand then can speak it. With her Vietnamese, she got opportunities to start hercareer in her homeland.

The gala was aspiritual and meaningful gift for Vietnamese people abroad and also showed gratitude to individuals and organisations at home and abroad who have activelycontributed to promoting the learning and use of Vietnamese in the expat community.

On this occasion, DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, Chairwoman of the SCOVA, awarded the certificates of merit to excellent candidateswho won the title of “Ambassadors of Vietnamese Language” in a contest launched in April./.

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