Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Manh Hung on May 21 had a working session with overseas Vietnamese in Bokeo province, Laos.

Delegates from the Vietnamese embassy and representative offices gathered together with members of the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community in London on May 18 to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh's birthday.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Sydney on May 17 organized a party to introduce unique dishes combining Australia’s ingredients and Vietnam’s spices, prepared by chef Nhut Huynh.

Over the past twenty years, though their life is still difficult and strenuous, overseas Vietnamese in Mondol Seima district, Koh Kong province, Cambodia still maintain a Vietnamese teaching class as an attempt to preserve and promote their national cultural identity in a foreign country.

The national gymnastics team of Vietnam has had a new star – overseas Vietnamese gymnast Truong Mai Nhat Linh or Linda Truong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has hailed the positive contributions of the Vietnamese community in Belarus to Vietnam-Belarus relations, saying that each of them is a bridge popularising Vietnam and its culture and people.

Born and raised in Thailand but with the ability to speak Vietnamese language and compose poetry, Mr. Dang Van Dung, member of the Overseas Vietnamese Association Executive Committee in Khon Kaen province, often surprises other people. In spite of living away from the homeland, the words "Vietnam" and "Uncle Ho" have always made him choke up when they are mentioned.

Ngan Nguyen, a Vietnamese high school student in the US city of Bloomington, Minnesota, has been awarded a Gates Millennium Scholarship, which will provide full tuition for her tertiary studies.

In the city of Volgograd in southwest Russia, activities in the framework of the "Vietnamese cultural festival" on May 11 held by the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the province of Volgograd in collaboration with other Overseas Vietnamese Associations in the country, were a great success. This is a cultural focal point ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to Russia.

Buddhist nuns, monks and followers across the country along with those from Tu Nghiem and Duoc Su pagodas have donated more than USD17,000 to build a school for poor Vietnamese people living in Cambodia.

In order to promote the image of the country, people and culture of Vietnam to international friends, the Vietnamese Student Association in the city of Leeds - United Kingdom (VietSocLeeds) on April 30 organized Vietnam Day with many significant activities on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of South Vietnam Liberation and national Reunification Day.

The Vietnamese Student Association chapter in northwestern France, under the Vietnam Student Association in France (UEVF), has organized a photo contest “A Glimpse of Vietnam in France”.

(CPV) - Thuroczy My Lan, a Vietnamese-origin girl in Hungary, and her teammates ranked top at the Apáczai Csere János national competition for Hungarian natural scientific talents.

Performances of Son Long Quyen Thuat traditional martial art by the Vietnam International Martial Arts Federation took place at the l’UNIL Sports Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 4th.

More than 80 representatives of overseas Vietnamese (OV) organisations and Vietnamese living abroad have visited and presented gifts to officers, soldiers and residents in Truong Sa island district, central coastal Khanh Hoa province since early May.

A photo exhibition about daily life in Hanoi in the early 1980s, taken by a British diplomat, was opened in the capital London on May 3.

The Vietnamese-Cambodian Association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on the afternoon of April 30th held a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the South Vietnam Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30th).

As many as 125 overseas Vietnamese (OV) households in Luang Prabang province, Laos have donated 10 million kip for soldiers and residents in Truong Sa island district, central Khanh Hoa province.

An overseas Vietnamese representative in Russia has been granted a visit to Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in early May 2013