According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Hong Kong, on the evening of February 11, Consulate General of Vietnam in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) held the program “Happy Spring Quy Mao 2023” at Dorsett Hotel Hall.
This is also the first time following two years of postponing the organization due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all officers and employees of Vietnam’s representative agencies in Hong Kong, along with a large number of overseas Vietnamese relatives as well as Vietnamese people living, working and studying in Hong Kong and representatives of Vietnamese Association in Macau were able to meet to share joy in the atmosphere of a new spring.
Speaking at the ceremony, Consul General Pham Binh Dam said this is an opportunity for children far from home to share the joy of being reunited to live fully in the spring atmosphere of their homeland.
According to him, the multi-generational Vietnamese in Hong Kong are increasingly becoming a diverse, young, knowledgeable and strong community. Among the Vietnamese in the special zone, there are those who have been to Hong Kong for more than half a century, some newcomers, students, experts, intellectuals, workers, brothers and sisters. representative agency staff.
All have duties, obligations and have their own lives, but they all have Vietnamese blood in them, share the same memories of their homeland, the country, the same heart towards the Fatherland and the hope of joining hands for a good future. the beauty of the dear S-shaped strip of land. The past three years of the COVID-19 epidemic can be said to be very difficult, but the Vietnamese community has safely overcome the disease together.
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Consul General Pham Binh Dam said that in the past time, the Consulate General has devoted himself to community work, the issue of entry visas for students has been officially opened and Vietnamese students have been present. More and more in Hong Kong, work visas will also be eased soon. Currently, Vietnamese experts can be granted work visas in Hong Kong with the direct support of the Consulate.
On the occasion of the meeting with the New Year of the Rabbit in 2023, the Liaison Department of Vietnamese in Hong Kong and the Vietnamese Student Association in Hong Kong were officially launched. In the coming time, the Vietnamese business community in Hong Kong will also gradually form.
In the warm Spring atmosphere, Consul General Pham Binh Dam and overseas Vietnamese living far away from home sent each other the best New Year greetings, enjoyed traditional dishes and cultural performances. The “homegrown” art of the Vietnamese lady’s association, children and students…
On behalf of the Vietnamese Liaison Board, lawyer Doan Quynh Linh, who has lived and worked for more than 16 years in Hong Kong, expressed his hope that the Vietnamese Association in Hong Kong will soon be established, creating a united community. mutual assistance in the spirit of mutual affection, thereby supporting people to stabilize their lives, contributing to the development of Hong Kong as well as promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam, always looking to the homeland country flavor.
Doctor Nguyen Hoang Long, a PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, President of the Vietnamese Student Association in Hong Kong, said that the birth of the Vietnamese Student Association marked the development of the student movement in Hong Kong. Kong as well as proof of the growing student community.
A large number of overseas Vietnamese and representative agencies in the area together with Happy Lunar New Year 2023. (Photo: Mac Luyen/VNA)This will be a place where all generations of students will exchange, learn, exchange experiences and create conditions to help each other in life. One of the most important goals of the association is to promote the image, talent and wisdom of Vietnamese people in Hong Kong as well as to promote the study and research environment of Hong Kong to Vietnamese students in Hong Kong. domestic. He hopes that more and more talented Vietnamese students will come to Hong Kong to study, work and live and from there can return to contribute to the development of the country.
In the warm Tet atmosphere of the Vietnamese community in Hong Kong, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dong – a Vietnamese who has lived in Hong Kong for more than 40 years, said she was extremely touched when she attended the community Tet. She hopes that in the new year 2023, the country will be more and more developed, richer and stronger.
After 2 years of stopping travel between Hong Kong and Macau due to the epidemic prevention policy, this spring, the representative of the Vietnamese Association in Macau attended a meeting on the occasion of the New Year.
Mr. Duong Trung Duc, Chairman of the Association of Vietnamese in Macau, shared that over the years, Vietnamese people in Hong Kong and Macau have had absolutely no direct contact. He hoped that in the coming time, the two sides would have regular exchanges, hoping that the Vietnamese community in the two places would become stronger and closer.
On this occasion, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Hong Kong awarded certificates of merit to representatives of overseas Vietnamese as well as Vietnamese people living and working in Hong Kong who have made many positive contributions to the homeland.
This is also an opportunity for the Vietnamese community in Hong Kong to meet, exchange, and encourage each other to overcome difficulties, making a small contribution to building the homeland of Vietnam as well as the place where they are living and working. stable and prosperous development. Currently, there are regarding 7,000 Vietnamese people living, working and studying in Hong Kong.
Mac Luyen-Thach Binh (VNA/Vietnam+)