The 2025 Vietnamese language ambassador contest, running from March 29 to July 27, is open to Vietnamese expatriates as well as foreign nationals living abroad who have a passion for Vietnamese culture and possess strong proficiency in the language.
Vietnam Society, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting Vietnamese arts and culture, hosted a vibrant Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration at the Martin Luther King Library in central Washington D.C, spotlighting fashion and cuisine, two integral aspects of Vietnamese culture.
The Vietnamese communities in Sweden, Latvia, Malaysia and Thailand this weekend held celebrations on the occasion of the approaching Tết (Lunar New Year), which falls late this month.
Lana Condor, an actress of Vietnamese origin, will be part of the group
of superheroes in the upcoming sequel of the successful Hollywood film
franchise X-Men.
An overseas Vietnamese, who is well-known in Viet
Nam for creating a submarine named Yet Kieu, has received an order from a
Thai company to manufacture 300 tourism submarines, following another
recent order of 25 submarines from his partner in Malaysia.
The approaching six-day national holiday (April 28-May 3) has proved a
goldmine for tour companies who have been flooded with people buying
overseas tour packages.
Vietnamese-American singer and composer Trinh Nam
Son will stage a solo performance in HCM City this Saturday at a special
show for fans celebrating his 30-year career.
Singers Phuong Dung and Giao Linh and many other Vietnamese overseas artists are travelling back to Viet Nam for Tet (Lunar New Year) this year, and are set to perform in HCM City and elsewhere.
Many local travellers are favouring tours to regional countries like
Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Long-haul tours to Europe, the US,
Australia and Canada have also seen high sales.
