Speaking at the event, VIS chairman Nguyen Xuan Huan said that with more than 100 members mostly professors, associate professors, lecturers, and post-graduates at over 60 universities in the UK and Ireland, the VIS first aims to connect and support its members and then, develop the Vietnamese community in the UK.

Overseas Vietnamese attend the meeting held by the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland on January 14.

He said in 2023, VIS will continue to expand its activities, not only in the academic field to connect and cooperate with other organisations such as the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK, the Association Vietnam-UK friendship, and Vietnamese associations in the UK to promote Vietnam-UK relations.

This year, for the first time, VIS and the Vietnamese students’ association in Oxford city jointly held a Tet celebration at Wadham College which attracted the members of the two associations, their families, and Vietnamese overseas living and working in the UK.

Meanwhile, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore and the Vietnamese students’ association in the country on January 14 held a Tet celebration for students who will spend the coming Lunar New Year festival away from home.

Nearly 100 Vietnamese students and guests attended the event which included typical preparation for a traditional Tet celebration like making "chung" cake, playing folk games, and delivering Tet wishes to family and friends.

The activities not only help Vietnamese students feel Tet atmosphere when staying away from home but also promote Vietnamese culture to foreigners.

Exhibition recreates Tet atmosphere of olden days in northern region

An exhibition opened at Hai Duong provincial Museum on January 11 under the theme ‘Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) festival of the olden days’.

Tet presents given to revolution contributors, poor people in Cambodia

The Vietnam Embassy in Cambodia, Khmer-Vietnamese Association, and Sacombank Cambodia on January 11 gave Lunar New Year (Tet) presents to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin with disadvantaged circumstances living in Phnom Penh.

Coca-Cola Vietnam sets record of Vietnamese Tet table with the most participants

Coca-Cola Vietnam set a world record for the largest Vietnamese Tet meal table with the participation of 1,000 multi-generation families in Ho Chi Minh City on January 8.

Bac Giang delegates visit and extend Tet greetings to Bac Ninh and Vietnam Buddhist Shangha

(BGO) – On January 11, a delegation of Bac Giang province led by Duong Van Thai, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee (PPC) and head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies visited and extended Tet greetings to Bac Ninh province.

Bac Giang businesses work to ensure warm Tet for workers

(BGO) – Despite facing many difficulties due to the lack of orders and affected production activities, many enterprises in Bac Giang province have made efforts to ensure adequate salaries and bonuses, and organize many activities to support workers, especially those from other provinces. This attention has warmed up the hearts of workers who live away from home whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday comes.

Source: VNA