An art performance at the celebration in Prague (Photo: VNA) Ottawa (VNA) – A get-together was held in Canada on February 2 by the Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS) to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) of Vietnam. The event drew a number of local officials, including Canadian Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng; Toronto’s Deputy Mayor Dezil Minnan-Wong and parliamentarian Julie Dzerowicz, along with foreign friends and Vietnamese community in Canada. In a greeting message sent to the CVS, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognized great contributions of the Vietnamese Canadian community and thanked the CVS for bringing Vietnamese culture closer to Canadian people. At the event, Minister Mary Ng affirmed that through the preservation of the tradition of the Vietnamese Canadian community as well as the Vietnamese cultural identity, the Vietnamese community has become a key community in the country. Trade, investment and education are … [Read more...] about Vietnamese community in Canada, Czech Republic celebrates Tet
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Vietnamese in Central Czech Republic make efforts to integrate and…
Ambassador Ho Minh Tuan and the new executive board (Photo: vov.vn) Mr. Le Chi Thanh, Head of the branch, said that since it was established four years ago, the branch is attracting more and more members. All the members have been always united, supported each other to have stable life and business, abide by the local law and contribute to the development of the city. Since it has representation in the ethnic minority committee of the city since 2017, the branch has organized and participated in many cultural exchange activities with local people to enhance the friendship and mutual understanding among minority groups. Particularly, the Vietnamese community there is considered one of the outstanding integrated communities of the city. In addition, the branch always maintains community activities to preserve the traditional culture and look toward the national origin on occasion of Lunar New Year Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Vietnamese Women’s Day. In the following tenure, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Central Czech Republic make efforts to integrate and…
Bright signs in Vietnam Czech Republic trade
Bright signs have been seen in two-way trade between Vietnam and the Czech Republic, as the two countries’ import-export turnover in the first five months of this year reached nearly US$464.5 million, up 15.6 percent from the same period last year. A seminar on Vietnam - Czech Republic trade and economic cooperation held recently in Prague - Photo: VOV Vietnam mostly exported to the Czech Republic seafood, farm produce, food, tea, coffee, rubber, chemicals, electronics, and footwear, the Vietnam Trade Office in the Czech Republic cited sources from the Czech Statistical Office. Theo VNA … [Read more...] about Bright signs in Vietnam Czech Republic trade
Requiem for Gac Ma fallen soldiers held in Czech Republic
Speaking at the event, head of the organising board Nguyen Dinh Hoi, who is a war veteran, emotionally recalled history of the Gac Ma battle. He spoke highly of the soldiers’ fighting spirit and sacrifice to safeguard Vietnam’s sovereignty over seas and islands. At the requiem The requiem showed the Vietnamese community’s deep gratitude to the fallen combatants, Hoi noted. Buddhist followers in the Czech Republic carried out the requiem with prayer and candle lighting rituals in tribute to the soldiers. On the sidelines of the event, a music show was organised along with a fund-raising programme to collect money for the construction of houses for the soldiers’ families. Participants also took part in a film screening and map exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereignty over its seas and islands. They signed their names on a letter of petition sent to the European Parliament and a letter of protest to the Chinese Embassy in the Czech … [Read more...] about Requiem for Gac Ma fallen soldiers held in Czech Republic
Vietnamese in Czech Republic seek ways to preserve Vasiljev’s heritage
Dr. Ivo Vasiljev is known for his dedication to and love for Vietnam who left the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic a very meaningful heritage – the Czech-Vietnamese dictionary, co-authored with Vietnamese engineer Nguyen Quyet Tien to help Czech-born Vietnamese learn their mother language. It is not only a dictionary but a bilingual encyclopedia providing knowledge on many areas, ranging from society, culture, history to geography and biology. Vietnamese Ambassador Truong Manh Son pays tribute to Dr. Ivo Vasiljev Vasiljev died in October 23, 2016 at the age of 81 when he just started to write the fifth out of six volumes of the dictionary. In May 2016, the encyclopedia won the second prize of the Dictionary of the Year award by the Union of Interpreters and Translators of the Czech Republic despite only three volumes were released. Vasiljev interpreted for President Ho Chi Minh when a Czechoslovakian delegation visited Vietnam in 1966. He was the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Czech Republic seek ways to preserve Vasiljev’s heritage