An art performance at the celebration in Prague (Photo: VNA)
Ottawa (VNA) – A get-together was held in Canadaon February 2 by the Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS) to celebrate the traditional LunarNew Year (Tet) of Vietnam.
The event drew a number of local officials, includingCanadian Minister of SmallBusiness and Export Promotion Mary Ng; Toronto’s Deputy Mayor DezilMinnan-Wong and parliamentarian Julie Dzerowicz, along with foreign friends andVietnamese community in Canada.
In a greeting message sent to the CVS, Canadian PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau recognized great contributions of the VietnameseCanadian community and thanked the CVS for bringing Vietnamese culture closerto Canadian people.
At the event, Minister Mary Ng affirmed that through thepreservation of the tradition of the Vietnamese Canadian community as well asthe Vietnamese cultural identity, the Vietnamese community has become a keycommunity in the country.
Trade, investment and education are outstanding cooperationareas between Vietnam and Canada over the years, she noted, adding that Vietnamhas been the biggest trade partner of Canada among ASEAN countries.
Director of the CVS in Toronto Nguyen Dai Trang highlightedthe fruitful results in trade and education partnership between the two sides,stressing that the number of Vietnamese students wishing to study in Canada hasrisen.
Participants at the event were feasted with Vietnamesetraditional food, music and dances.
Meanwhile, on February 1-2, a Tet greeting programme and aTet festival and carnival was held in Prague, the Czech Republic, gatheringCzech officials and locals, and the Vietnamese community in the country.
This was one of the biggest events that the Vietnamesecommunity has organised in a year, giving a chance for Vietnamese and Czechpeople to meet, exchange, and enjoy traditional dishes that Vietnamese peopleprepared for Tet, along with traditional art performances.
Not only in Prague, the Vietnamese community in other localitiessuch as Plzen, Most, Usti and Ostrava also organized various activities to celebrateTet and the Year of the Pig.-VNA
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An art performance at the celebration in Prague (Photo: VNA) 
