On December 15, 2025, the award ceremony of the 2025 contest titled “Storytelling, drawing, singing and poetry recitation about Uncle Ho for children” was held at the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan (Tokyo).

The inauguration ceremony of President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house was held at the Ho Chi Minh President Relic Site in Udon Thani province, Thailand, on the morning of December 14. The project carries profound historical and cultural significance, expressing the affection and gratitude of the Vietnamese community in Thailand and international friends toward President Ho Chi Minh, while contributing to the preservation and dissemination of the values of his ideological, moral and lifestyle legacy.

Recently, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations organized a seminar honoring President Ho Chi Minh, attracting the participation of a large number of Vietnamese expatriates living, studying and working in Switzerland, along with international friends.

Amid the busy pace of life abroad, preserving the Vietnamese language for children remains a concern for many overseas Vietnamese families. Drawing from her own parenting experience, Dr. Tra My, President of the Vietnamese Business Association in China, has shared practical lessons on how her daughter, CiCi (SIMONA Tu Mac), has mastered Vietnamese despite being born and raised in China. According to her, the core secret lies in creating a fully Vietnamese-speaking environment at home from the moment the child is born, combined with bringing the child back to Vietnam during long holidays to interact with the extended family.