Andre Menras, a retired French teacher, is honored to be the first foreign man granted Vietnamese nationality in November 2009, with a Vietnamese name Ho Cuong Quyet.
President Nguyen Minh Triet has highlighted Vietnam’s important achievements in 2009, attributing them to the efforts by all Vietnamese people, including overseas Vietnamese.
About 1,000 overseas Vietnamese offered incense at the Thang Long Royal Citadel and attended a special Tet get-together at Bao Son Paradise Park on February 6.
“Attending National Assembly sessions is a bit stressful because we sit for days, but actually, I’m more stressed on my ‘normal’ days,” says Deputy Pham Quoc Anh in an interview with VietNamNet.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Cuong declared the start of the 2010 Vietnam Year in Germany and celebrations for the traditional lunar New Year festival in Berlin on February 5.
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VietNamNet Bridge - About 1,000 overseas Vietnamese who have returned for lunar New Year celebrations offered incense at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi on February 6.
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Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem yesterday thanked foreign ambassadors and the attending diplomatic corps for joining in a wide range of activities in 2009, which was themed as VietNam's Year of Cultural Diplomacy.
