A cultural event was held in Phnom Penh by the Vietnamese students in Cambodia on January 13, during which Charge d’ Affaires of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia Nguyen Trac Toan spoke highly of the celebration, and congratulated the Vietnamese students for their robust achievements in 2018.

Art performance in Cambodia to welcome Tet.

He took the occasion to thank the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport for their support for the Vietnamese students. Also, Toan asked the students to use their studying time in Cambodia to make contributions to the traditional friendship between the two countries.

Mom Sochanna, an official from the Cambodian ministry, for her part, hailed the efforts made by the Vietnamese students in the country. She wished them a happy new year and hoped that they will excellently complete their study, helping consolidate the bilateral relations.

Currently, there are more than 100 Vietnamese students in Cambodia. Over the past years, generations of Vietnamese students have become important human resources for agencies and areas related to Cambodia and served as a bridge to further the flourishing the two countries’ ties.

The same day, the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK organized a grand celebration to welcome the New Year, drawing the participation of several Vietnamese and RoK businesses, and some 200 Vietnamese expatriates.

Celebration in the RoK to welcome Lunar New Year.

Briefing the thriving Vietnamese economy in 2018, with significant contributions made by RoK enterprises, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tu underlined that Vietnam and the RoK are enjoying robust cooperation in various sectors in the past years.

As the Vietnamese community in the East Asian nation has developed unceasingly, they should join hands with the embassy to elevate the Vietnam-RoK relations to a new high, especially when both sides are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the strategic cooperative partnership in 2019.

He thanked the Vietnamese and RoK companies for assisting activities of the Vietnamese people in the recent time.

HCM City brings warm Tet to policy beneficiaries, poor people

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City plans to spend some 800 billion VND (34.5 million USD) on gifts to policy beneficiaries and impoverished households in the city as the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019 nears.

 

Tet bonus in Ho Chi Minh City rises 25 percent

The average bonus for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) in Ho Chi Minh City has been reported at more than 10.3 million VND (444.47 USD), a 25 percent rise compared to last year, according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs.

 

English Festival held under “Tet Holiday” theme

(BGO) – Le Quy Don Secondary School (Bac Giang city) on January 8 organized English Festival under the theme of “Tet Holiday”, drawing nearly 650 students at the schools, the staff, teachers and parent representatives of 19 classes. 

 

Bac Giang holds “United Tet Festival 2019”

(BGO) – The plan of “United Tet Festival 2019” has been launched by the Labor Confederation in the northern province of Bac Giang to build up a happy and cozy environment, helping care for material and spiritual life to the laborers in the upcoming Lunar New Year. 

 

Bac Giang leaders extend Tet Greetings to Chinese and Korean Embassy

(BGO) – The Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Nguyen Van Linh on January 8 paid a visit and extended New Year Greetings to the newly-accredited Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year 2019 with the leader of the provincial Department of Foreign Affair (DoFA) and several Chinese enterprises investing in the province in attendance.

 

Source: VNA