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Vietnamese abroad celebrate traditional New Year

Vietnamese communities in many countries are celebrating the traditional New Year (Tet) on lunar calendar, which falls on January 25 this year, with various activities.
Vietnamese abroad celebrate traditional New Year ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to RoK Nguyen Vu Tu speaks at the get-together. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese communities in many countries are celebrating thetraditional New Year (Tet) on lunar calendar, which falls on January 25 thisyear, with various activities.

A get-together inSeoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 12 brought together staff membersof Vietnam’s representative agencies and Vietnamese people.

VietnameseAmbassador to RoK Nguyen Vu Tu took the occasion to brief the Vietnamese expats on thesocio-economic situation in Vietnam in the past year, highlighting a GDP growthof 7.02 percent and foreign trade hitting 500 billion USD for the first time.The inflow of foreign investment into the country topped 38.02 billion USD, up7.2 percent from 2018.

He noted that RoKcontinued to be the top foreign investor, the second largest provider ofofficial development assistance and second biggest trade partner of Vietnam in2019.

He praisedorganisations of Vietnamese people in the RoK, such as the VietnameseAssociation, the Vietnamese Students’ Association and the Vietnamese BusinessAssociation, for working closely with the Embassy of Vietnam in holding sportand cultural events to promote the home country in the RoK.

At present, thereare more than 190,000 Vietnamese living in the RoK.

Similar celebrationswere also held in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Argentina and the Czech Republic on January 11 and 12./.


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