Tet is around the corner (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Ambassadors to Vietnam have extended LunarNew Year (Tet) wishes to Vietnamese people on the threshold of the country’sbiggest traditional festival.
Visiting Nguyen Dinh Chieu Primary and Secondary School in Hanoi, the G4ambassadors rejoiced to prepare Tet with blind children there.
Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Deborah Paul said: “This will be my very firstTet celebration in Vietnam and I am very excited. It’s a time when families andfriends come together to celebrate. It’s a celebration that includes everyone,regardless of age, gender, ability, where you come from, your social backgroundor your economic background. So, I think it’s a great celebration of inclusion,and inclusion and respect for diversity are things that Canada promotes as avery proven pathway to peace, prosperity and protection of individual rights”
Meanwhile, New Zealand Ambassador to VietnamWendy Matthews expressed her hope that people will join efforts to buildinclusive societies, where everyone is respected and valued.
“I believed in Vietnamese, there is a saying that sums this up “Tuong thantuong ai” and then in Maori language, the indigenous language of New Zealand,there is a term “Kotahitanga”, which similarly means “oneness” and “unity”. Weall know that together we are stronger”, she said.
Wishing 2019 as a year of inclusion and noone left behind, Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Grete Lochen said: “This is particularlyimportant for children, they are the future of our society. Here at thisschool, it is wonderful to see that all children are included”.
As for Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Beatrice Maser Mallor, she wishedVietnamese, especially all children in the country a Happy Tet, and theprosperous Year of the Pig.
Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Kim HojlundChristensen wished people across the nation a new year of good health andprosperity in Vietnamese.
He emphasised highlights in bilateral relations in 2018 with various high-levelvisits, strong cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, food, agriculture,healthcare, green growth and cultural exchange.
The ambassador said he will do his utmost to deepen and diversify the multifacetedcollaboration between the two countries in the coming time.
Tet greetings to Vietnam were also delivered by US Ambassador to Vietnam DanielJ.Krintenbrink.-VNA
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