Vietnamese people in Brunei celebrate Lunar New Year

Vietnamese people in Brunei have marked the Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest and most important traditional festival of their homeland, with a ceremony recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy.

Wednesday, February 02, 2022 16:47

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Vietnamese people in Brunei pose for a group photo at the Tet celebration (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese people in Brunei have markedthe Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest and most important traditional festivalof their homeland, with a ceremony recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy.

Ambassador Tran Van Khoa highlighted some of Vietnam’soutstanding achievements in 2021, including those in the COVID-19 combat, maintenanceof socio-economic development, and vaccine diplomacy.

He applauded efforts by the Vietnamese community in Brunei inthe recent past, appreciated their precious contributions to the homeland, andencouraged them to stay united and creative to jointly surmount difficultiescaused by the pandemic.

As Vietnam and Brunei will celebrate the 30th founding anniversary of their diplomatic ties in 2022, Khoa also shared theplan to organise celebratory activities to promote the countries’ comprehensivepartnership and increase people-to-people exchange.

He said he expects continued support and cooperationfrom the overseas Vietnamese for the coming activities./.

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