In the bustling atmosphere welcoming the Year of the Dragon 2024, from January 27-28, the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association jointly organized the "Vietnamese Tet Festival 2024" right at the central area of Bukit Bintang in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
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| Folk dance performance by members of the Vietnam-Malaysia Friendship Association. (Source: VNA) |
Attending the opening ceremony on January 27 were Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Dinh Ngoc Linh and his wife; Mr. Mohamed Amin - Senior Director in charge of events and domestic tourism in Malaysia; Mr. Mohamad Shahrir - Senior Deputy Director of ASEAN region of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia; and a number of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysian businesses, and many overseas Vietnamese in the area.
After the vibrant lion dance performance to open the festival, Ms. Tran Thi Chang, President of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association, expressed her emotion at the active participation of overseas Vietnamese in organizing the unique and bustling Vietnamese Tet Festival right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. According to Ms. Chang, Tet Nguyen Dan is the most important traditional festival of the year for Vietnamese people to look back on the past and send good wishes for the new year. She emphasized her commitment to continue accompanying and supporting overseas Vietnamese to build an increasingly strong Vietnamese community, contributing to strengthening the Vietnam-Malaysia friendship.
Appreciating the sentiments of overseas Vietnamese and the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association towards the traditional Tet holiday, Ambassador Dinh Ngoc Linh highly appreciated the Association's contributions to the Vietnamese community in the area, helping to unite the community and preserve Vietnamese cultural identity. The Ambassador hopes that the 2024 Vietnamese Tet Festival will partly fill the nostalgia for the taste of Tet of overseas Vietnamese, helping them love and be more attached to their homeland.
On the occasion of the approaching Lunar New Year, Ambassador Dinh Ngoc Linh hopes that the Vietnamese community in Malaysia will continue to promote the tradition of patriotism, actively contribute to the common development of both countries and become a bridge to further promote the good friendship between Vietnam and Malaysia. The Ambassador especially emphasized that overseas Vietnamese need to continue to preserve the Vietnamese language, promote the cultural identity and fine traditions of the Vietnamese people.
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| Halal-certified pho stall of overseas Vietnamese at the 2024 Vietnamese Tet Festival. (Source: VNA) |
Facing the unique atmosphere of the Vietnamese Tet Festival 2024, Mr. Mohamed Amin - Senior Director of Events and Domestic Tourism Malaysia - expressed his honor to attend the important Vietnamese Lunar New Year right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. He emphasized the dedication and diplomatic efforts of Ambassador Dinh Ngoc Linh as well as the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association, which have contributed to strongly promoting the close relationship between the two countries. In particular, special events such as Vietnamese Tet are making an important contribution to promoting the good friendship between the two countries in general and strengthening people-to-people exchanges in particular.
Mr. Mohamed Amin added that based on the initiative to enhance economic, cultural and tourism cooperation of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture pledged to fully support the establishment of sister city models of Melaka-Hoi An and Langkawi-Phu Quoc in the coming time.
In the open festival space that attracts a large number of visitors, overseas Vietnamese display many food stalls with typical Vietnamese Tet dishes such as Chung cake, Tet cake, Tet jam, pickled onions, coffee... mixed with traditional Ao Dai stalls and Tet flower market. Overseas Vietnamese wish to introduce many beautiful aspects of the traditional Vietnamese Tet to all Malaysian and international friends.
The 2024 Vietnamese Tet Festival continues to take place on the last day, January 28, with a series of other fun activities to celebrate Tet such as "Wrapping banh chung to celebrate Vietnamese Tet", "Wearing Vietnamese Tet ao dai", traditional cultural and artistic exchanges, and many folk games for children and visitors.
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| Ao dai stalls at the festival. (Source: VNA) |
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