All members of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies in the UK and their families attend the gathering. (Photo: Phong Ha/VNA)

The Embassy of Vietnam in the US on Friday held a Tet (Lunar New Year) program in Washington with 600 overseas Vietnamese representing the Vietnamese community and international friends living in the US.

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung underscored the importance of the program in linking Vietnamese people in the host country in the traditional Tet atmosphere.

Mr. Dung said this is also an opportunity for the Vietnamese embassy and representative agencies in the US to express their gratitude to the Vietnamese community, American friends, and US government agencies in promoting the Vietnam-US relations and the development of the Vietnamese community in the US over the past time.

On Saturday, the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK held a meeting in London to celebrate the Lunar New Year gathering 200 overseas Vietnamese from all over the UK. Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long reiterated the Party and State policy of considering the overseas Vietnamese community an integral part and an important resource of Vietnam.

In 2023, the Embassy will organize a program to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the UK with various economic, cultural, educational, tourism, and sports events throughout the year.

Mr. Long called on Vietnamese associations in the UK and overseas Vietnamese to actively participate in the programs, contributing to promoting the image and people of Vietnam, and the bilateral relations.

The same day, in New Delhi, the Vietnamese Embassy in India organized a community New Year program, attracting hundreds of representatives of Vietnamese people, businesses, students, monks, and nuns living, studying, and working in India to attend.

Participants enjoyed the Tet atmosphere with peach blossoms, yellow apricots, lanterns, traditional dishes, cultural performances and participated in folk games.