(VNF) - September marks a new school year in Ukraine. Specially, this September also marks the new beginning of a Vietnamese language class at the # 251 secondary school in Kiev - the school named after President Ho Chi Minh.

Delegates attending the school opening ceremony (source: The World and Vietnam)

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan, officers from the Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Kiev attended the ceremony.

Speaking at the event, Tuan emphasized the importance of teaching and learning Vietnamese among expatriates in Ukraine, calling it an effective way to preserve the nation’s tradition and culture, making sure that cultural identity in overseas environment is not faded.

Over the years, the Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine has carried out several activities to improve the quality of teaching and learning Vietnamese in the host society, including initiating the “Year of Vietnamese language 2017” and conducting conference on related issues.

On occasion of the new academic year, the embassy also presented textbooks to students and sponsored part of the fund for the operation of the class.

Overview of the new academic year opening ceremony (source: quehuongonline)

At the moment, there are more than 20 Vietnamese language classes in Ukraine with about 400 students in total. However supply has yet to meet with the rising demands from the Vietnamese community in the country.

In Kiev, due to some difficulties in terms of training facilities, Vietnamese language class was suspended for a while.

Recently, it has been revived thanks to the efforts of the Vietnamese embassy, the Vietnamese Association in Kiev city, Vietnamese language teachers from the Kyiv National University of Taras Shevchenko, management board of Ho Chi Minh highschool and especially the whole Vietnamese community in Ukraine./.

( VNF )