Overseas Vietnamese people in Japan, Israel, Slovakia, and Czech Republic have celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a warm atmosphere in line with Vietnamese traditions.

VOV.VN - Do Tien Sy, Member of the Party Central Committee and President of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), extends his 2023 Lunar New Year's greetings to Vietnamese, Overseas Vietnamese, and foreign audiences.

Each overseas Vietnamese (OV) is an ambassador and an important bridge to bring Vietnam to the world and vice versa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu wrote in his Lunar New Year greeting letter sent to overseas Vietnamese worldwide.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia held a celebration on January 17 to mark the traditional Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tet, for its staff and overseas Vietnamese who are living, working, and studying in Moscow and other Russian localities.

The Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) artistic programme was held on January 14 in Hanoi, bringing together more than 3,000 delegates, including 1,000 overseas Vietnamese (OV).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat the drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest annual event for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the (Tet) Lunar New Year festival, at an art programme in Hanoi on January 14.

VOV.VN - In the cause of national development and defense, overseas Vietnamese have always been part of the great national unity and contributed resources to the Fatherland.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Laos has gathered at a “Xuan que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme in Vientiane on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) - the most important festival of Vietnamese people in a year.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and representatives of the overseas Vietnamese attending the Homeland Spring 2023 programme on January 14 offered incense at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi, on the occasion of the coming traditional Lunar New Year which will arrive later next week.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 14 hosted a reception for a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) who are now in Vietnam for the "Xuan Que huong" (Homeland Spring) 2023, during which he called for their engagement in the Government’s efforts to bring Vietnam closer to the world.