Vietnamese in US, UK celebrate the Year of the Horse
(VOV) -As many as 400 overseas Vietnamese living and studying in the US got together in New York on January 19 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
They took part in joyful art performances, quizzes and charity auctions to support the poor.
On this occasion, the Vietnamese Youth and Students Association in New York (VNNY) made debut, gathering young Vietnamese and students in New York and boroughs together.
Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Head of Vietnam's Permanent Representative Mission to the United Nations, wished Vietnamese students a successful new year, and hoped that the VNNY will be a useful forum for young Vietnamese and students to share experience and support each other in studies and life.
The same day, the Vietnamese community at Social Club E8 Hackney in the UK also held art performances to welcome the Lunar New Year.
Present at the meeting were Nguyen Van Phong, First Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK, representatives of Vietnamese organizations and a large number of overseas Vietnamese.
The organizing board raised VND287 million to support poor households in Quang Ngai and Quang Tri provinces which were hard hit by natural disasters last year.
Son Thanh, President of the Vietnamese Association in the UK, said despite living far from the fatherland, Vietnamese residents in the UK follow with keen interest the happenings in the country, and they often launch fundraising campaigns to assist victims of national disasters and Agent Orange/dioxin, as well as other needy people in society.
This year, he said the association plans to purchase water purifiers to send to teachers and students living on the Truong Sa islands in Khanh Hoa province.