Despite having donated much money to building bridges in Vietnam, many members of the VK, a group of golden-hearted overseas Vietnamese, have never been present at any honouring or bridge-opening ceremonies.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Poland has raised £1,700 for orphans in Vietnam at a concert to celebrate the Lunar New Year and to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Construction of the first private hospital for mothers and children invested by an overseas Vietnamese family in Laos started on March 6 in Vientiane.

Vietnamese businesses in the UK and Northern Ireland will enjoy favourable conditions while investing in Vietnam, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Le Danh Vinh.

Despite being busy, classical guitarist Dang Ngoc Long, Rector of the Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Music School, often thinks about his homeland.

Thousands of Vietnamese in Vientiane, Laos gathered on February 28 at the Vietnamese of Bang Long and Phat Tich to welcome Tet Nguyen Tieu, the festival of the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Overseas Vietnamese gathered for a get-together at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Union in France (UGVF) on February 21 to celebrate Tet.

A gathering of overseas Vietnamese to celebrate Tet took place in Belgium on February 20, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, attracting Vietnamese expatriates from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and France.

Despite living far from their homeland, the Vietnamese community in Poland are committed to preserving their national cultural identity and attach a great deal of importance to teaching Vietnamese to their children.

During the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, Vietnamese from everywhere, however busy they are, want to go back to their roots to burn incense to their ancestors at the temple or grave yard.

The Vietnamese community in Germany’s Leipzig city hosted a Tet celebration on February 14 for nearly 300 Vietnamese nationals in the city.

Vietnamese nationals in Japan gathered at the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo on February 13 to enjoy New Year’s Eve party.

Despite living far from his homeland for several decades, Dr. Bui Duy Tam, an overseas Vietnamese living in San Francisco, the US, thinks often of Vietnam. His home is a small museum, of Vietnamese culture.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico held a banquet on February 11 for expatriates and representatives of other foreign diplomatic corps to celebrate Vietnam’s traditional Tet holiday.

The Vietnamese embassies in France and Japan held ceremonies on February 10 to welcome the lunar New Year (the Year of the Tiger).