VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has not allowed football teams to use overseas Vietnamese players. The department and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) yesterday, March 6, considered the draft regulations on professional football. They discussed issues related to overseas Vietnamese players. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese footballers still considered “foreigners”
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Two overseas Vietnamese footballers ready for challenge in Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - According to information from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Mac Hong Quan has returned to Vietnam and is willing to try at the Vietnamese team in the next few days. Another overseas Vietnamese player - Nguyen Michal - has also completed the procedures to return home to find an opportunity at the national team. Receiving the summons of the VFF, Vietnamese player in Czechs Mac Hong Quan has canceled his plan to trial at the Hertha Berlin club to return to Vietnam. Quan spent several days in Ho Chi Minh City with his mother before going to Hanoi on January 20 to prepare for the test at the national team. Compared to the last return to join the U22 team last year, this time Mac Hong Quan is highly appreciated and is expected to create many new features for the Vietnamese team. From the position of a midfielder specialized in organizing attacks, coach Hoang Van Phuc now uses Quan as a striker. With three goals scored for the U22 Vietnam … [Read more...] about Two overseas Vietnamese footballers ready for challenge in Vietnam
Veteran overseas Vietnamese singer to make 1st comeback next week
A seasoned expat Vietnamese singer, who was at the peak of her career in her home country during the 1960s and 1970s singing songs by revered composer Trinh Cong Son, will perform next Friday in Hanoi for the first time since she left Vietnam 39 years ago. In her 70s, Ly's singing voice remains strong and bewitching. She will be performing the songs which have made her name, including haunting lyrics composed by Son, her long-standing friend. … [Read more...] about Veteran overseas Vietnamese singer to make 1st comeback next week
“Homeland Spring” programme to fascinate overseas Vietnamese
(Cinet)- The Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) 2015 program, an annual event intended for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) who return home for Tet (Lunar New Year), will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from February 7-8, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official has said. During the event, President Truong Tan Sang will join the OVs to offer incense to Hung Kings at the National Cultural and Historical Park, and to President Ho Chi Minh at Nha Rong Wharf, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs revealed on January 30. The OVs are scheduled to visit the Cu Chi tunnel historical site and pay tribute to heroic martyrs at Ben Duoc temple. The highlight of the event, which to be hosted by Ho Chi Minh City for the first time, is a televised art performance on the night of February 8 at Nha Rong Wharf , during which President Truong Tan Sang will extend New Year wishes to OVs. According to Deputy Foreign Minister and the committee’s head Vu Hong Nam, this year, the number of OVs … [Read more...] about “Homeland Spring” programme to fascinate overseas Vietnamese
Art festival of overseas Vietnamese throughout Germany
An art item performed at the program (Photo: quehuongonline.vn) The program (December 10th) was participated in by more than 100 amateur artists from 12 out of 16 states throughout Germany, with 52 items in main categories of vocal music; folk and traditional music of Vietnam’s Northern, Central and Southern regions; dance; and pantomime. Young artists of the second Vietnamese generation contributed much to the success of the event, which ran from 13h30 to 21h30. Many items were highly appreciated. To acknowledge the art contribution to the cultural and artistic movement of the community, the organizing board presented campaign medals to three artists: Hoang Thi Du, Ai Thanh and Duc Long. Ms. Marion Walsmann, Member of the Parliament of Thuringia state and Spokeswoman for European Policy, highly appreciated activities of the union throughout Germany in general and in Thuringia state in particular. She wished the union to continue to maintain and develop activities for … [Read more...] about Art festival of overseas Vietnamese throughout Germany