HA NOI (VNS)— The Ha Noi Union of Friendship Organisations launched the first Vietnamese training course for foreign embassies' staffs in Ha Noi yesterday.

The three-month course includes culture exchanges and field trips around the city. Teachers have all worked at Vietnamese embassies abroad, while participants came from the embassies of Brazil, Mozambique, Indonesia, Argentina, Indonesia, Panama, the Philippines, China and Venezuela.

The course will be held annually with the aim of popularising the study of the Vietnamese language and introducing Vietnamese cultural heritage to foreigners.-VNS