31 Jan, 2011
Source: Vietnam News
| The Spring Flower Festival in HCM City is popular with visitors. More than 6,000 flower arrangements of 600 domestic and international artisans are represented at the festival. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoang Hai |
The shows will be subsidised by local enterprises.
In Ha Noi, 29 shows including four high-range displays at Hoan Kiem Lake (Hoan Kiem District), Dong Da Lake (Dong Da District), Thang Loi Hotel (Tay Ho District) and Van Quan Lake (Ha Dong District) will light up the night sky.
Meanwhile, eight artistic fireworks shows will be staged in HCM City.
Numerous artistic and cultural performances will also be held on New Years Eve across the country.
Tet celebrated worldwide
The Vietnamese Embassy in France last Saturday held a get-together to welcome the Lunar New Year.
Attending the event were representatives from the embassy along with agencies and a number of overseas Vietnamese living and studying in France.
Addressing the ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Le Kinh Tai highlighted the country's outstanding achievements last year, adding that 2010 was a year of significant importance with many successes in both internal and external affairs.
The event provided a chance for overseas Vietnamese and international friends to enjoy traditional Vietnamese dishes such as banh chung (square glutinous rice cake), nem (spring roll), xoi (steamed glutinous rice) and gio (pork pie).
On the same day, the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia also held an event to celebrate the Tet.
The event welcomed the presence of the Ambassadors of Laos and Myanmar, and representatives of Vietnamese organisations as well as a number of overseas Vietnamese living and studying in Malaysia.
Ambassador to Malaysia Hoang Trong Lap informed the participants of the socio-economic achievements that the country made in 2010 and underlined that Viet Nam had successfully fulfilled its role as the ASEAN chair while organising the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi and the 11th National Party Congress.
On the occasion, he extended wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year to the Vietnamese community in Malaysia.
Overseas Vietnamese in the Republic of Korea (RoK) also joined Vietnamese communities worldwide in celebrating the Lunar New Year.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul celebrated the event with the announcement of the establishment of the Vietnamese Association in the RoK, in the presence of overseas Vietnamese, students and guest workers as well as members of two RoK families of Vietnamese origin, Ly Hoa Son and Ly Tinh Thien.
Ambassador Tran Trong Toan spoke highly of the valuable contributions made by the Vietnamese community in the RoK to national development.
He also recognised their role in promoting relations between Viet Nam and the RoK, describing them as a bridge spanning the two nations.
Overseas Vietnamese representatives expressed their deep love for the fatherland, saying they would never forget their roots.
They also pledged to continue contributing to the national development of Viet Nam as well as to relations between the two countries.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia also held an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year late last week in the capital city of Phnom Penh.
Attending the meeting were Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An, heads of ministries and state agencies and overseas Vietnamese.
Speaking at the meeting, the Cambodian Deputy PM congratulated Viet Nam on its successful 11th National Party Congress. She hailed the economic achievements the country had recorded during the last year as well as its investment activities in Cambodia which, she said, had helped generate jobs for local residents.
On the occasion, she also sent her New Year greetings to Viet Nam's leaders and people and expressed her hope for the two countries' traditional friendship to be strengthened.
Gatherings for the same purpose were held by the Vietnamese Embassies in Bangladesh and Italy, and by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Houston, the US. — VNS
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