The Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus has organised a programmeattracting over 400 Vietnamese and their Belarusian relatives. This was thefirst mass Tet gathering of the Vietnamese community in the European countryafter over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his remarks, Ambassador Nguyen Van Ngu informedparticipants about the two countries’ socio-economic situations while highlightingtheir traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation.
He pledged that the embassywill continue working to help the overseas Vietnamese further integrate intothe local society, protect their rights and legitimate interests, develop thecommunity, and contribute to the homeland.
A similar celebration has also been held by the VietnameseEmbassy in Bulgaria.
Ambassador Do Hoang Long praised the solidarity of theVietnamese community in Bulgaria and expressed his hope that they will make morepractical efforts to help with the homeland’s development and build up thecommunity.
At the event, participants took part in a number ofactivities such as making “banh chung” (a typical dish for Tet), holding folkgames, and performing lion dances./.