In order for the movement of teaching and learning Vietnamese for generations of Vietnamese children to be continuously maintained and expanded over the past decades, the role of "fire keepers" as in the case of Nguyen Van Son at the Sapa-Prague Vietnamese Centre, VNA reported.

The Vietnamese Centre of Prague, formerly known as Sapa Vietnamese Centre, was formed 21 years ago. Along with summer Vietnamese courses, the center has held regular Vietnamese courses on weekends, drawing thousands of Vietnamese children.

A class at the course of the Sapa - Prague Vietnamese Centre. Photo: VNA

According to Son, Vietnamese language teaching at the center focuses on testing capacity and proficiency, thereby providing appropriate teaching methods for each student. Therefore, the work requires effort, dedication, and a large number of teachers. However, classroom teachers at the Sapa-Prague Vietnamese Centre do not receive a salary but only a small hourly compensation.

Son appreciated the support of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, donors, teachers, and students’ parents in maintaining and expanding such summer courses.

Son believes that Vietnamese associations in general need to research and plan to organize Vietnamese summer camps right in the Czech Republic, and have effective forms of widespread propaganda about the meaning and benefits of learning Vietnamese. to the community.

In addition to holding the position of director of the Sapa-Praha Vietnamese Center, Son is also currently president of the Veterans Association in the Czech Republic and Party Secretary of the Sapa Trade Center. Therefore, he always believes that maintaining Vietnamese language classes not only because of his love for children, but is also the responsibility of a person from the previous generation and a party member.

Elsewhere, the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Association in the country and the Moscow State Linguistics University, on September 7 held a Vietnamese language festival to honor and promote the learning of this language in Russia.

The event was to respond to the Day for Honoring Vietnamese Language in Vietnamese Communities Abroad (September 8).

Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi (C) presents a thank-you letter to lecturers of the Vietnamese language. Photo: NDO

Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi said that the event aimed at encouraging students to learn the language, and researchers to continue their studies on Vietnam to help the two countries get closer.

Hailing the significance of the event, Svetlana Glazunova, a lecturer of the Vietnamese language at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), stressed that it is an opportunity for lecturers and teachers to meet and exchange experiences in teaching the Vietnamese language, and for Russian students to communicate with Vietnamese peers.

This is also a chance to learn more about the Vietnamese culture and literature - important aspects to study about a country, she added.

Seminar "Vietnamese in the Russian Federation: Prospects and challenges" in hybrid forms at venues in Vietnam and some universities in Russia. Photo: NDO

Previously, within the framework of the Vietnamese Language Festival in the Russian Federation, the seminar "Vietnamese in the Russian Federation: Prospects and Challenges" took place in hybrid forms at venues in Vietnam and several universities in Russia.

Attending the discussion, there were many Vietnamese and Russian experts working in teaching Vietnamese, as well as a large number of Vietnamese and Russian students.

Meanwhile, on September 4, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Luang Prabang province of Laos, in coordination with the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Oudomxay province, organized a ceremony to mark the Day for Honouring Vietnamese Language. The event attracted a large number of Vietnamese nationals living in the locality.

Vietnamese Consul General in Luang Prabang, Kieu Thi Hang Phuc (in traditional long address) takes a photo with disadvantaged students in the Oudomxay province of Laos. Photo: VNA

Addressing the ceremony, the Vietnamese Consul General in Luang Prabang, Kieu Thi Hang Phuc, underlined the need for Vietnamese associations in northern provinces of Laos to coordinate with local authorities to introduce the Vietnamese language into the curricula in educational establishments with large numbers of Vietnamese students, as well as to support universities and research institutes that have a Vietnamese language department towards making Vietnamese an official foreign language subject along with other languages in Lao schools.

The Vietnamese diplomat also proposed diversifying methods to promote the teaching and learning of Vietnamese, including cultural activities such as poem composing or storytelling contests.

The same day, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Luang Prabang presented gifts to the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence and the consulate to disadvantaged students in the locality on the occasion of the beginning of the new school year.

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