The set, compiled by late Czech linguistic professor Ivo Vasiljev and co-author Nguyen Quyet Tien, was completed after 12 years. It comprises six volumes targeting Vietnamese expatriates and Czech people who want to learn Vietnamese. Considered a bilingual encyclopedia, it covers a wide range of subjects, including society, culture, history, biography and geography. At the launching event, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan spoke highly of efforts made by the authors to complete the dictionary. Nguyen Quyet Tien (R), one of the authors of the Czech-Vietnamese dictionary, presents the complete collection. Photo: Vietnam+ For his part, Tien expressed gratitude for support from organizations and people of Vietnam and the Czech Republic. He also voiced his hope to compile a Vietnamese-Czech dictionary in the future. In May 2016, the project won the second prize of the Dictionary of the Year award by the Union of Interpreters and Translators of … [Read more...] about Complete set of Czech-Vietnam dictionary released
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Embassy marks Wounded Soldiers’ and Martyrs’ Day in Ukraine
The ceremony was attended by Vietnamese martyrs’ relatives and wounded soldiers, Ukrainian veterans who used to work in Vietnam, along with representatives of the Vietnamese people from across Ukraine. Ambassador Nguyen Minh Tri speaks at the ceremony. In his speech, Ambassador Nguyen Minh Tri expressed his deep gratitude to war veterans, martyrs’ families and national contributors. He also appreciated activities by the Vietnamese community in Ukraine to care for policy beneficiaries and national contributors. At the event, representatives of the Vietnamese associations in Ukraine, Ukrainian veterans, and young Vietnamese people also showed their gratefulness to persons dedicating to the homeland’s independence. They promised efforts to deserve the heroes and martyrs’ great sacrifices and to strengthen the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Ukraine. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Embassy marks Wounded Soldiers’ and Martyrs’ Day in Ukraine
Military unit with meaningful activities for people in Thai Nguyen province
Accordingly, apart from an over VND 100 million gratitude house for a needy family, the Department also offered VND 60 million to build new-style rural areas and presented 50 gifts, totally worth VND 50 million, to locals. Presenting gifts to policy beneficiaries and needy people This meaningful activity of the Department highlighted the national traditions of “When drinking water, remember its source” and “Ragged leaves protect tattered ones”. It was also a chance for the General Staff’s troops to express their gratitude to people of Diem Mac commune, where the General Staff’s Political Unit, the predecessor of the General Staff’s present Political Department, was established 70 years ago. Addressing the event, Deputy-Director of the Political Department Senior Colonel Chu Van Doan affirmed that in the past, the General Staff always embraced gratitude policies and guidelines of the Party and State. The unit has so far taken … [Read more...] about Military unit with meaningful activities for people in Thai Nguyen province