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Vietnamese students introduce arts, culture in UK​

A music event was held on March 17 night at Greenwood Theatre of King's College London in the UK to introduce Vietnamese arts and culture to international friends.
Vietnamese students introduce arts, culture in UK​ ảnh 1Vietnamese students introduce arts and culture in the UK. (Photo: VNA)

London  (VNA) – A music event was held on March 17 night at Greenwood Theatre of King's College London in the UK to introduce Vietnamese arts and culture to international friends.

Entitled “A love letter to...”, the event was organisedby the Vietnamese Students Association in the UK (SVUK) and the Vietnameseprofessionals community in the UK (VietPro) in an attempt to introduceVietnamese artistic talents, develop a Vietnamese art-loving community in thehost country while promoting the S-shaped country's culture and arts to British andinternational friends.

The programme comprised six themes, including love,gratitude, togetherness, home, forgiveness and family with 20rich and unique art works performed by Vietnamese students and expats livingand working in the UK. 

The event was expected to strengthen solidarity in the Vietnamese community, while spreading the values and beauty of Vietnamese culture to international friends.

Dao Thi Hong, First Secretary in charge of education at the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK, highly appreciated the efforts of SVUK and VietProin organising a meaningful event, helping to connect the Vietnamese community inthe UK while promoting Vietnamese artistic talents to international friends.

She also expressed her delight at the development ofthe Vietnamese community in the UK, including SVUK, affirming that theVietnamese Embassy always accompanies and supports Vietnamese associations inthe UK to build a stronger Vietnamese community.

SVUK represents more than 14,000 Vietnamese studentsliving and working in the UK, connecting 46 Vietnamese Students Societies (Vietsoc)from universities and colleges across the UK.

Established in2010, VietPro aims to connect networks and career opportunities whilesupporting Vietnamese professionals and students to build soft skills andintegrate into the working environment in the UK and Vietnam.

Since its establishment, VietPro has organised many professional events such as Prospect, SkillQuest,VietPro Christmas Dinner, among others, creating a foundation for building anetwork of study and working relationships for the Vietnamese professional andstudent community in the UK./.

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