The launching ceremony was attended online by 100 locations, including localities nationwide, Vietnamese representative offices abroad, and overseas Vietnamese associations.
Reviewing the achievements after two years of implementing the Project on Honoring the Vietnamese Language in the Overseas Vietnamese Community, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang emphasized that, in the past period, the activities in response have taken place enthusiastically in many diverse forms, with the active participation of domestic agencies, localities and a large number of overseas Vietnamese around the world.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang launched the Day of Honoring the Vietnamese Language in the Overseas Vietnamese Community and the Search for Vietnamese Ambassadors Abroad 2025 competition.
With the spirit of "Preserving the Vietnamese language, preserving the Vietnamese soul," Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang called on the Vietnamese community abroad, organizations, associations, and individuals to join hands in preserving and promoting the Vietnamese language. Using Vietnamese not only within families but also in educational, work, and international settings will contribute to preserving the national cultural identity.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Le Thi Thanh Tam – Head of the Department of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, shared that the annual Vietnamese Language Honor Day is always the focal point of national spirit, a priceless opportunity to preserve and promote Vietnamese values and identity, especially within the Vietnamese community abroad. The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities has been a partner with the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs since the early days of developing the project, contributing and proposing ideas that have opened a new phase in the journey of preserving and honoring the Vietnamese language in the context of globalization.
Dr. Le Thi Thanh Tam – Head of the Department of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, delivered a speech at the launch ceremony of the “Vietnamese Language Appreciation Day” and the “Searching for Vietnamese Language Ambassadors Abroad 2025” competition.
According to Dr. Le Thi Thanh Tam, from the beginning of 2025, Asian countries and Australia will have the highest number of overseas Vietnamese participating in the online program, consistent with the reality that these countries have the largest number of Vietnamese expatriates. In addition, Europe (Germany, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, UK) continues to be a region with high demand, while Asia (Japan, Taiwan) is also experiencing significant growth. The breakthrough in the number of registrations and the expansion of nationalities (from 10 to 23 countries) shows that the program is increasingly meeting the needs of the global overseas Vietnamese community, especially the younger generation, for learning Vietnamese.
In addition to its fundamental political mission, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, with its core team of experts from the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, has collaborated with the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Training to develop a thematic framework for training, teaching, and certifying Vietnamese language teachers for hundreds of overseas Vietnamese teachers participating in both in-person and online courses. The "Hello Vietnam" program, a collaboration between the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language and VTV4 – the foreign affairs channel of Vietnam Television – is now in its fourth year, with a positive impact on spreading the Vietnamese language among the expatriate community and overseas Vietnamese.
The teaching of Vietnamese language and culture at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, is closely linked to the historical mission of teaching Vietnamese, Vietnamese translation and interpretation, and pioneering the development of a system of Vietnamese language teaching methods for foreigners. Throughout this glorious journey, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has continuously strived to contribute and share teaching materials with overseas Vietnamese, reviving their cultural roots and opening up great opportunities for those living far from home to access and experience Vietnamese culture and the modern Vietnamese language.
Vietnam National University, Vietnam National University, is the only public university that has been fulfilling its national mission of launching a Vietnamese language teaching channel for Vietnamese people abroad since 2022, based on the largest ever comprehensive language teaching ecosystem compiled by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities: including a set of Vietnamese language teaching materials for 6 levels, a set of Vietnamese language assessment materials for 6 levels, a Vietnamese language exam question bank for 6 levels, Vietnamese for Social Sciences and Humanities, Science and Technology, Vietnamese Culture and Arts, Vietnamese fairy tales, and a set of handbooks on Vietnamese for cuisine, tourism, business, and everyday communication, as well as a set of 6 Vietnamese language teaching guidebooks. With this ecosystem, the school has organized more than 150 Vietnamese language classes for overseas Vietnamese, from beginner to advanced levels, serving nearly a thousand overseas Vietnamese from 23 countries and territories around the world: Laos, Singapore, the UK, Germany, France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Kyrgyzstan, Greece, Hungary, Switzerland, Taiwan, Canada, the US, Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, and the Philippines…
Representing the Vietnamese diaspora, Ms. Tran Hong Van - Vietnamese Language Ambassador 2023, shared that helping the children of overseas Vietnamese speak Vietnamese, love Vietnamese culture, and connect with their national roots will help them build a solid foundation to shine anywhere in the world. She also emphasized that maintaining the language and culture for the younger generation of Vietnamese in Australia and other countries around the world requires the efforts of all stakeholders.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and other delegates pressed the button to inaugurate the "Magical Vietnamese Language" program. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
