Vietnamese expats in Australia get together for Lunar New Year
Vietnamese expatriates in Australia get together for Lunar New Year celebrations
Overseas Vietnamese in Australia and many international friends gathered to welcome Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important annual festival for Vietnamese, at a celebration held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the host nation on January 4.
Art performance at the Lunar New Year celebrations (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) – Overseas Vietnamese in Australia and manyinternational friends gathered to welcome Lunar New Year (Tet), the mostimportant annual festival for Vietnamese, at a celebration held by theVietnamese Embassy in the host nation on January 4.
Ambassador Ngo Huong Nam told the participants that the year 2019 was amilestone in the Vietnam – Australia strategic partnership, with impressive bilateralcooperation.
Delegation exchanges at all levels increased 30 percent from the previous yearwhile two-way trade reached more than 8 billion USD, a year-on-year surge of 10percent, he said, adding strong growth was also seen in two-way investment.
Several Vietnamese corporations like VinGroup, TH Truemilk, FPT, Vietjet Airand Bamboo Airlines are working on projects worth billions of USD in Australia,helping enhance trade between the two nations while creating thousands of jobsfor local labourers, he said.
Particularly, the first batch of Vietnamese longan hit supermarket shelves inAustralia in September 2019, and the fruit has won the taste of Australiancustomers, he stressed, saying more Vietnamese farm produce will be present inthe country in the time ahead.
The Vietnamese diplomat also expressed his delight over the fruitful culturalexchanges, education and tourism cooperation between the two nations in thepast year. He said many Vietnamese people are holding key positions at the government’sapparatus and enterprises in Australia while many young scientists are makingcontributions to the homeland’s construction cause.
Meanwhile, Tran Ba Phuc, member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s CentralCommittee and President of the Vietnamese Business Association in Australia,rejoiced at the Vietnam – Australia close-knit relations, affirming the tieshave been developed thanks to efforts made by the Vietnamese people community.
He believed that the annual Lunar New Year get-together has helped preserve andpopularise Vietnamese traditional culture to international friends, hoping theVietnamese expatriates will work more to further the Vietnam- Australiarelations in the coming time.
Participants together enjoyed traditional food and art performances for thespecial event.
On the occasion, Ambassador Nam presented certificates of merit to theVietnamese Business Association in Australia and the Vietnamese StudentsAssociation in Canberra for their contributions to the homeland./.
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Art performance at the Lunar New Year celebrations (Photo: VNA) 
