Tuesday, 5 February 2008

Overseas Vietnamese meet for Tet celebrations


VietnamNet
05/02/2008

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Chien Thang on February 4 paid a Tet visit to overseas Vietnamese in Dangcao district in Phnom Penh city.

Earlier, on Feb. 3, the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh organised a get-together to welcome the nation’s biggest traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in the presence of overseas Vietnamese and local officials.

On the same day, thousands of overseas Vietnamese in Germany gathered at a meeting that was held in Magdeburg city of Germany’s Sachsen Anhalt State on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

Addressing the get-together, Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Duc Mau spoke highly of the activities of the Overseas Vietnamese Association and other associations in the State in teaching native language for young Vietnamese generations and helping them to understand the nation’s traditions and cultural values.

Also on the day, the Vietnamese Embassy in Panama hosted a meeting for the embassy staff, overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese students and workers for the same purpose.

On Feb. 2, the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands organised a meeting for the embassy staff and overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese students in the country to celebrate Tet.

Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Huy Thong took the occasion to hand over the certificates of merit of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry of three Vietnamese in the Netherlands for their contributions to the homeland over the past year.

(Source: VNA)

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