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A performance staged by participating OV teachers |
The course, jointly organized by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Continuing Education Department (CED) under the Ministry of Education and Training, was one of the community-related activities with the aim of building, consolidating, and developing organizations and activities on the Vietnamese language in the overseas Vietnamese (OV) communities.
Firstly launched in 2013, such courses have attracted the participation of more than 800 OV teachers worldwide.
Addressing the closing ceremony, SCOV Vice Chairman Mai Van Dung emphasized that language is a means to convey culture, knowledge and traditions. In the context of stronger growth of the OV communities, the work of preserving and spreading the mother tongue has become extremely urgent and is always paid attention to and respected by the Party and State of Vietnam.
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OV teachers receive certificates of the course. |
The official acknowledged, highly appreciated, and expressed his respect for generations of OV communities for their active and voluntary engagement in preserving and spreading Vietnamese language over the past time.
Given the comprehensive success of the course in all aspects, SCOV Vice Chairman Dung expressed his belief that the course will help improve the teachers’ qualification, contributing to raising the quality of teaching Vietnamese language in OV communities in the time ahead.
As one of over 60 participating teachers, Ms. Tran Thi Hong Hanh, an OV from Taiwan (China), shared that she had gained useful knowledge from the two-week course. “We are aware of our responsibility to impart the acquired knowledge to Vietnamese children abroad. Preserving the Vietnamese language is preserving the soul and cultural identity of the nation. Loving the Vietnamese language is loving the Vietnamese culture, and Vietnam itself. We will do our utmost to fulfill this responsibility,” said Ms. Hanh.
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Delegates in a joint photo |
Eye-witnessing the fast development of the motherland, Ms. Pham Thi Viet, an OV in Thailand, said that she is more proud of the homeland. She affirmed the importance of preserving and spreading Vietnamese language in OV communities. She confirmed that where Vietnamese people live, there is the Vietnamese language.
Translated by Mai Huong