Overseas vietnamese

Coming from a family with a parent who was a teacher, Can Van Kiet went to France to study. He has participated in the activities of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in France from 1965 to now. In 1981, after the country's reunification, the Overseas Vietnamese Association in France assigned him and others to set up a number of companies. Thanks to the profits from business activities, he established Vietnam House with the mission of maintaining business connections with the domestic market, while at the same time importing books, articles and handicrafts and organizing seminars on culture and photo exhibition. Since 1981, Vietnamese launguage classes have been held at Vietnam House. From 1981 to 1997, Kiet did not directly teach Vietnamese, mainly focusing on business and making money for the activities of Vietnam House. Since 1997, after Vietnam House ceased its operation, he opened Galerie de la Maison du Vietnam, specialising in selling books and holding exhibitions in District … [Read more...] about Preserving the homeland’s language

; Since early twelfth lunar month, many households in Vinh Hoa village, Yen Thanh district, Nghe An province has received big orders for Chung cakes, a Vietnamese traditional dish for Tet holiday. For example, with 9,000 pending orders, Tran Thi Loan has called for her whole family to join hands to timely deliver chung cakes for customers. … [Read more...] about Vinh Hoa villagers awake all day for making chung cakes

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She voluntarily went to Vietnam when the US Government was imposing sanctions on the country and did her best to support Vietnamese people to overcome the war-left consequences. Every time she went to Vietnam, she brought a lot of things with her such as medical tools, medicines, books, medical curriculum, and so on. Furthermore, she took Vietnamese doctors to the US for further training, and gave much valuable advice to the Vietnamese health sector. At that time, she is Chairwoman of the US Committee for Science and Technology Cooperation with Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Americans with special love for Vietnam as their own motherland

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