Seven overseas Vietnamese collectives and 15 individuals were honoured at a meeting held by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee's Standing Board in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2.

President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse on February 2 joined overseas Vietnamese (OV) in a traditional ritual of releasing carps at Nha Rong Wharf on the day for “Ong Cong, Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods).

On Sunday afternoon, at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium, the General Association of Vietnamese people in Belgium organised the event "Wrapping green chưng cake, welcoming spring as you wish".

Teaching the Vietnamese language since 1995, Ngo Kim Viet always perceives that the value of the mother tongue needs to be maintained and passed down to younger generations of the Vietnamese origin.

“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest cultural event for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet), will take place from February 1-2 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Nguyen Chi Thanh Duoc, a food store owner in Fukui, Japan, has led a Vietnamese team to search for and rescue Vietnamese people missing and affected by the magnitude 7.6 quake on January 1.

More than 80 per cent of overseas Vietnamese are living in industrial and developed countries and major global economic hubs.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme – the biggest cultural event held for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year - will take place in HCM City on February 1-2, or the 22nd-23rd day of the 12th lunar month.

Irish authorities have announced that three out of 14 migrants found inside a refrigerated shipping container in the southeastern port of Rosslare, Ireland on January 8 are believed to come from Vietnam.

Vietnamese doctorate holder Phan Bich Thien has been named among the top 50 successful women of 2023, as compiled by Successful Women magazine, known as “Sikeres Nők” in Hungarian.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on January 6 held an online meeting with Vietnamese associations to discuss coordination to support Vietnamese people affected by the earthquake that hit central Japan recently.

Businesses which had dispatched workers and apprentices to the Japanese prefectures of Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata, and Fukui are urged to promptly take protective measures for them in earthquake-affected areas.

There had been no casualties among Vietnamese citizens recorded due to a recent earthquake in Japan as of 9pm on January 2, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, citing notifications from the National Police Agency of Japan.

As of 9 pm on January 1, there had been no Vietnamese people reported dead or injured in the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan earlier the same day, according to Vietnam Embassy in Japan.

Nearly 400 Vietnamese citizens stranded in northern Myanmar due to the armed conflict there were repatriated on December 30 morning.

Young overseas Vietnamese are expected to act as a bridge between Vietnam and France, in the political sphere, and cultural and associative activities.

Three students of Vietnamese origin were among the winners of the 12th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards.

The annual Homeland Spring, the biggest external and cultural event for overseas Vietnamese on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1-2, 2024 (the 22nd and 23rd days of the 12th Lunar month).

Associate Professor Nguyen Phi Le is working on highly applicable research, directly solving problems that have great impacts on society such as the environment and health.

So far nine flights have been conducted to bring home 1,020 Vietnamese nationals stuck in war zones in northern Myanmar, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).