Stricken by grief is the common feeling of overseas Vietnamese following the news that Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away on July 19.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s devotions and contributions to Vietnam have engineered the nation’s development, making the overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including those in Laos, glow with immense pride in the respected leader.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs kicked off the Vietnam Summer Camp 2024 for young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Hanoi on July 16.

More than 200 players of 15 squads of overseas Vietnamese (OV) living across the UK have competed in the community’s annual football tournament in London.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) in coordination with the Hanoi Bar Association organised a conference on June 27 to popularise regulations and laws regarding the Land Law 2024 of Vietnam to overseas Vietnamese (OVs).

The Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in Angola made its debut at a recent ceremony, approving its charter and introducing a nine-member executive board.

A free on-line Vietnamese language programme for children of Overseas Vietnamese in the UK was launched virtually on June 9 with the participation of lecturers from the University of Languages and International Studies (ILIS under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and about 200 students across the European country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on June 4 issued an announcement inviting overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to register for attendance in the fourth World Conference of OVs and the 2024 forum of OV intellectuals and experts that are slated to take place from August 21-28.

The Korea-Vietnam Economic and Cultural Association (KOVECA), the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese (ALOV) and the authority of Seocho district in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on May 11 held an event to commemorate Hung Kings, legendary founders of Vietnam.

The overseas Vietnamese community at Sadovod Shopping Centre in Moscow, Russia, kicked off the Sadovod Football League 2024 on May 2.