Mukdahan (VNA) – The Association of Vietnamese People inThailand and the Vietnamese community in Mukdahan province on November 11organised a ceremony to honour the Vietnamese Thai teachers who have madesignificant contributions to the teaching of the Vietnamese language in Thailand.
The event was organised in response to the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November20).
Vietnamese Consul General in Khon Kaen Chu Duc Dung sent his best wishesto the expat Vietnamese teachers, saying with great dedication and experience,they have maintained the teaching and learning of Vietnamese, helping arousenational pride and encourage the young to remember the homeland.
Chairman of the Association of Vietnamese People inThailand Nguyen Ngoc Thin said that despite formidable challenges, the firstgenerations of Vietnamese in Thailand set up “camps for kids”, and organised the teaching of Vietnamese to their children.
The Party and State of Vietnam have paid tribute to the work of the Vietnamese Thai teachers, and have organised many trips for them to visit thehomeland as well as training courses for the teachers in the hope to maintain the mother tongue among the Vietnamese Thai community, he added.
According to Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, who is in charge of the education board ofthe Vietnamese association in Udon Thani province, after a long halt by COVID-19the teaching and learning of Vietnamese has been resumed in the province witheight classes, more than 30 students and ten teachers./.