The two-week course from May 30 to June 13, the second of its kind in Vietnam, is being organized by the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) in coordination with Vietnamese American teachers.

Apart from studying in class, students will have field trips and enjoy exchanges with local young people in order to improve their Vietnamese language and understand more about Vietnam’s land and people.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the course, COVA Deputy Chairman Tran Trong Toan stressed that Overseas Vietnamese are an inseparable part of the nation. The Vietnamese State always pursue its policy of national great unity to help Vietnamese communities abroad assist each other and stabilize their lives. The State encourages Overseas Vietnamese to preserve national cultural features and to learn the mother tongue language, he said.

Mr Toan considered the training course a suitable and effective study model.

According to the organizing board and teachers, the course will help Overseas Vietnamese students improve their Vietnamese language and have a better knowledge about the history of the homeland and the life of Vietnamese people.