ASEAN spouses event to brings Tet, Chung cake to US
Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) and a Chung cake-making activity were introduced at a recent meeting of the ASEAN Spouses Circle (ASC) held in Washington D.C.
Members of the ASEAN Spouses Circle in Washington D.C. (Photo: VNA)
Washington D.C (VNA) – Vietnamese traditional Lunar🦩 New Year (Tet)and a Chung cake-making activity were introduced at a recent meeting of the ASEANSpouses 𝓀Circle (ASC) held in Washington D.C.
According to Tran Thi Bich Van, president of ASC 2024, the January 26 event was part of a programme to promote the Vietnamese culture to ASEAN andinternational friends in the host country. The ASC operates with the purpose of affirming the bloc's identity for each ASEAN member nation while strengthening solidarity and friendship among members, focusing on socio-cultural development, and enhancing understanding between ASEAN members with international friends in the US. Van said that the Vietnamese spouses association has always promoted Vietnameseculture, cuisine and traditional handicraft villages to American and internationalfriends as well as coordinating to organise events to strengthen friendship,solidarity and mutual understanding among the ASEAN member nations, including theASEAN Family Day, ASEAN Cultural Day and the ASEAN Fair. In addition, the association has supported foreign affairs activities of the Vietnamese embassy and representativeagencies in the US. As Chair of ASC 2024, Van said she was planning a series of cultural promotion activities on Vietnamese cuisine, Ao Dai fashion shows, unique customs, and traditional crafts to introduce to foreign friends throughout the year ./.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore on January 27 evening held a get-together for Vietnamese in the country on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Consulate General in New York co-hosted a gathering on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival on January 27 evening (local time).
Both Vietnamese and French students learned how to make Chung cake (square sticky rice cake) with their own hands while engaging in the “Journee de Banh Chung” (the Day of Banh Chung) held at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris on January 28, as the most important annual festival for the Vietnamese people is just around the corner.
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Members of the ASEAN Spouses Circle in Washington D.C. (Photo: VNA) 
