Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden Establishes a Sense of Community

Vietnamese associations in all regions of Sweden have found a common voice and decided to establish the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden.
February 23, 2022 | 13:54

The Vietnamese Embassy in Sweden has just organized the Homeland Spring (Xuan Que Huong) Program with the participation of nearly 100 overseas Vietnamese from Vietnamese associations in Sweden (including Vietnamese Cultural Association in Sweden, the Vietnamese Association in Stockholm and surrounding areas, the Vietnamese Friendship Association in Östergötland, the Vietnamese Association in Eskilstuna) and the Vietnamese Business Association in Sweden along with all Vietnam to Sweden Embassy staff, friends and families.

On the occasion of the Homeland Spring Program, ​​the Vietnamese community in Sweden held the launching ceremony of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden.

This is the country's first representative body of Vietnamese expats. Vietnamese associations in all regions of Sweden have found a common voice and decided to establish the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden.

Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden Establishes a Sense of Community
On the occasion of the Homeland Spring Program, ​​the Vietnamese community in Sweden held the launching ceremony of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden. Photo: VNT

Speaking at the meeting, Ambassador Phan Dang Duong highlighted outstanding achievements that the Party, State and people of Vietnam have achieved in the fields of socio-economic development, culture, and foreign affairs in 2021.He shared that with the effective implementation of vaccine diplomacy, Vietnam has successfully implemented a rapid vaccine coverage strategy, switched to a strategy of flexible, safe adaptation and effective control over the negative effects of Covid-19, hence gradually restored production activities.

Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden Establishes a Sense of Community
The Vietnamese Ambassador to Sweden Phan Dang Duong spoke at the launching ceremony. Photo: VNT

He emphasized the valuable contribution of the overseas Vietnamese community towards the above achievements. In addition to the contribution of knowledge, trade, investment, remittances..., overseas Vietnamese in Sweden always turn to their homeland with deep affections. Overseas Vietnamese in Sweden support the people in the country to overcome the consequences of natural disasters, storms and floods via donation and various support activities.

In particular, only in 2020, Vietnamese associations and people in Sweden have actively and actively raised VND 630 million (US $27,601), support the people in the central region to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

In his New Year's speech, the Ambassador warmly congratulated Vietnamese associations in Sweden for their constant growth, solidarity, attachment and mutual assistance in foreign lands and homeland.

In particular, the recent establishment of the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in Sweden and especially the launching ceremony of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden on the occasion of the Homeland Spring this year once again affirms the desire and determination of the Vietnamese business community in Sweden. The hearts of Vietnamese expatriates in Sweden are always united, attached and towards the homeland.

The Homeland Spring Program is also a specially celebration of the Lunar New Year 2022.

Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden Establishes a Sense of Community
The Vietnamese Ambassador to Sweden awarded certificates of merit to typical collectives and individuals who have made outstanding achievements in association activities and have donated to support the country's compatriots in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters. Photo: VNT

Representatives of Vietnamese associations in Sweden expressed gratitude on behalf of overseas Vietnamese for the concern of the Party, State and Embassy to people living, working and studying in the host country.

Sending new year's wished to the homeland, the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden wish for more development, wealth and prosperity for Vietnam in the future.

Union of Vietnamese Associations in Sweden Establishes a Sense of Community
Overseas Vietnamese from all over Sweden enjoyed a warm, joyful atmosphere, filled with humanity, dispel the freezing cold of the foreign land. Photo: VNT

Homeland Spring Program 2022, organized by the Embassy in a warm, intimate atmosphere, full of Vietnamese Tet flavors, has become a rendezvous, a common home for overseas Vietnamese in Sweden to return and reunion its members every springtime.

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