The Association for the Promotion of Vietnamese Culture (APCV) in France has held a program in Paris to introduce the culture of Vietnam, one of activities celebrating the traditional lunar New Year (Tet).
The Association for the Promotion of Vietnamese Culture (APCV) in France has held a program in Paris to introduce the culture of Vietnam, one of activities celebrating the traditional lunar New Year (Tet).
At the event
The program also aimed to mark the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and 10 years since the establishment of the strategic partnership.
Éric Pliez, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, said he was delighted to attend the Tet celebration and witness the development of the APCV, one of the 3,000 associations operating in the arrondissement.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang highly valued the APCV’s organization of the program, especially when Vietnam and France are marking 50 years of their diplomatic relations and 10 years of the strategic partnership in 2023.
He said what the association has done to popularize and preserve the Vietnamese culture are highly encouraging, and that contribution by each people will help reinforce the two countries’ friendship.
The performance of Vietnam’s martial art Vovinam.
The diplomat also called for the APCV’s continued efforts to educate younger generations about the friendship and solidarity.
Founded in January 2019, the APCV gathers more than 200 members who are Vietnamese people and foreigners in five countries, namely France, the U.S., Sweden, Japan, and Vietnam. Aside from the headquarters in Paris, it also has branches in San Francisco of the U.S., Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City.
In celebration of the biggest traditional festival, the Embassy of Vietnam in Italy has held a hybrid program connecting the Vietnamese communities in Italy, Cyprus, and Malta.
Similar events have also been organized by the embassies in Canada, South Africa, and Belgium.
The coming lunar New Year, the Year of the Cat, will start on January 22.
Source: VNA