A get-together between Vietnamese embassy staff and Vietnamese people in Vanuatu. (Photo: Vietnamese Embassy in Australia and Vanuatu)

The facility, expected to be inaugurated next year, will offer cultural activities and Vietnamese language classes. Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Huong Nam attended the ground-breaking ceremony while he was in Vanuatu to submit his credentials to Vanuatu’s President. The Friendship House is located on a 1,000sqm area, which was a farm where many Vietnamese people worked under contracts with the French colonialists.