At Sapa commercial center, the largest trading center of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic, many business households have chosen to stay to celebrate the traditional New Year due to different circumstances.
To encourage people, right on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year 2023 (January 22), the delegation Vietnamese embassy in the Czech Republic with representatives of the community visited, wished Tet and prayed for peace with Vietnamese people far from home.
The atmosphere on the first day of the Lunar New Year in the center of Sapa is much quieter than the previous days, partly due to the cold weather, heavy rain and snow, partly because many stalls were closed for the occasion. this.
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According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Prague, on the first day of the New Year, most Vietnamese doing business here choose to stay at home to reunite with family members to celebrate Tet, some stall owners have closed before Tet to return to Vietnam. Male.
A community leader said that after 3 years of being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, making travel difficult, despite the difficult economic situation, many Vietnamese in the Czech Republic have chosen to return home to celebrate Tet with them. a relative. That shows that the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic always looks to their homeland, their roots.
But there are still many people who, although very much want to return to Vietnam to celebrate Tet, but due to different circumstances have had to choose to stay in the Czech Republic on this occasion.
Talking to reporters, Ms. Thuy, the owner of a clothing stall, said that her husband had returned to Vietnam while she and her children remained in the Czech Republic because Czech schools were not closed during the Lunar New Year.
Mr. Thang, the owner of a fruit shop in the shopping center, said that because he was busy with business, he could not book a plane ticket to return home before Tet. Therefore, even on New Year’s Day, he still opened a shop to sell the rest of the goods.
Mr. Thinh, a native of Nghe An, currently doing business in electronics, said that his family is anchored but has not been able to return to Vietnam, so he still opens every Tet holiday to have the opportunity to meet Vietnamese people in the past few days. This helps to relieve the nostalgia of loved ones.
To share, encourage and spread the warm atmosphere during the traditional Tet holiday of the nation, on the morning of January 22 (the first day of Tet), the Embassy of Vietnam and the leadership of the Vietnamese Association organized a visit to ask and wish Tet greetings to Vietnamese people who have not been able to return to Vietnam.
Ambassador Thai Xuan Dung graciously inquired about the business and trade situation of the community in the past year, encouraging them to continue trying to overcome the difficult period affected by the war in Ukraine as well as the crisis. energy and high inflation.
The Ambassador hoped that in difficult times, the community must promote the good tradition of the nation, which is the spirit of mutual affection, support and help as in the peak period of the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 to celebrate the warm and happy Lunar New Year 2023.
Also on this occasion, the ambassador and community leaders went to Vinh Nghiem pagoda at Sapa Trade Center to wish the community a peaceful and successful new year.
(VNA/Vietnam+)