Kiều bào giữ gìn và trân trọng tiếng Việt như giữ gìn mạch nguồn của tâm hồn

Tối 26/8, tại Hà Nội, Ủy ban Nhà nước về người Việt Nam ở nước ngoài (Bộ Ngoại giao) phối hợp với Đài Phát thanh và Truyền hình Hà Nội tổ chức chương trình Gala Tiếng Việt thân thương với chủ đề “Dòng sông chảy mãi, gắn kết muôn phương” và Lễ trao giải Cuộc thi “Sứ giả tiếng Việt ở nước ngoài” năm 2025.

Delegates attending the program. (Source: State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese)

Inspiring love for Vietnamese

At the Program, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Trung Kien emphasized that this year marks the third time the Gala for Loving Vietnamese Language has been organized; it is an activity within the framework of the Project "Day to Honor Vietnamese Language in the Overseas Vietnamese Community in the period 2023-2030" approved by the Prime Minister in 2022.

The program has brought overseas Vietnamese all over the world a special art event, honoring the beauty of the Vietnamese language; at the same time, expressing gratitude to organizations and individuals who have contributed and spread the love of the Vietnamese language more and more widely, becoming an event that people look forward to.

Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien spoke at the program. (Source: State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese)

Welcoming more than 100 overseas Vietnamese from all over the world to return and attend the program, Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien shared: "With a passionate love for the mother tongue, national pride and a desire to stay connected to their roots, our overseas Vietnamese have been constantly striving so that each generation of Vietnamese people around the world feels close to their homeland's culture and roots. The presence of teachers is a living proof of the unceasing spread of that Vietnamese language flow."

The program honors and awards overseas Vietnamese with outstanding achievements in the contest to find "Vietnamese Ambassadors Abroad" in 2025. These are individuals who demonstrate solid Vietnamese language skills, have inspiring stories about love for the Vietnamese language, love for their homeland and country, and have made many practical contributions to honoring and spreading the Vietnamese language abroad.

In particular, this year's program is held on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day, September 2nd. This is also an opportunity for our compatriots across the five continents to further connect with their homeland, together express their steadfast love and affirm that the overseas Vietnamese community will forever be an inseparable part of the Vietnamese people, a valuable resource contributing to the prosperous development of our country.

Sharing on the topic “The river flows forever, connecting all directions,” Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien said that the Vietnamese language is like a river, attached to every Vietnamese person; originating from the lullabies of parents and grandparents, from familiar folk songs and proverbs, then gradually permeating the soul through poems, songs, and history lessons, constantly cultivating love for the homeland and country; spreading with Vietnamese children to all corners of the world. And even though the river flows out to the ocean, it still carries the sweetness of the homeland, just like the Vietnamese language, no matter where it resonates, it still retains the soul of the nation.

Vietnamese people all over the world, no matter where they go, still turn to their homeland - like salmon returning to their river of roots - to continue life and pass on their origins.

Referring to the closing passage of the poem “Remembering the River of the Homeland” by poet Te Hanh, the Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese hoped that overseas Vietnamese would always keep in their hearts a sacred love for their country, preserve and cherish the Vietnamese language as they would preserve the source of their souls, so that the river of Vietnamese language will forever flow through generations of Vietnamese people around the world, nurturing souls, connecting hearts and spreading love together.

Honoring Vietnamese Ambassadors Abroad

At the program, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Trung Kien and Professor, Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan, Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) awarded Certificates to 6 excellent candidates who won the title of "Ambassador of Vietnamese Language Abroad" in 2025.

Awarding ceremony for “Vietnamese Language Ambassadors Abroad” in 2025. (Source: State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese)

That is Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, an overseas Vietnamese in Laos, Principal of Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school.

With over 30 years of working at the school, Ms. Huong has guided Vietnamese language teachers to apply a variety of teaching methods, helping students approach the language in a natural and lively way; at the same time, creating opportunities for them to become familiar with and understand more deeply about Vietnamese culture right from kindergarten.

Ms. Le Thuong, a Japanese expatriate, is the Principal of Cay Tre Vietnamese Language School, Director of the Center for Vietnamese Studies in Japan and President of the General Association of Vietnamese in the Kansai region.

In 2015, Ms. Thuong and her sisters in the Vietnamese Women's Association in the Kansai region opened small classes and established Cay Tre Vietnamese Language School in the Kansai region in 2024.

From a class of only a few students, the school now has nearly 200 students studying in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Tokyo, Toyama, Nagoya...

Similarly, Ms. Hoang Thi Hong Ha, an overseas Vietnamese in France, President of the Vietnam Elite Association, and member in charge of developing Vietnamese culture at the Association of Global Scientists and Experts AVSE, is also the "Vietnamese Language Ambassador Abroad" in 2025.

As a PhD in ethnology, specializing in organizing traditional festivals of countries around the world, she still devotes most of her time and passion to preserving and promoting Vietnamese cultural values, especially the Vietnamese language.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, teacher of Vietnamese - the native language at Barnim Gymnasium (Berlin, Germany) and Head of the Vietnamese Reading Promotion Project in Berlin.

She is also the developer and implementer of the Vietnamese and Me Handbook project, which has received support from families and become a familiar and useful magazine for children to both learn and have fun with Vietnamese at home.

In 2019, Mr. Nguyen Duy Anh, Principal of GAG Japanese Language School, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Fukuoka, Japan, and his colleagues founded Dai Viet Vietnamese Language School - the first community school teaching Vietnamese in Fukuoka, established under the sponsorship of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka and the Vietnamese Association in Fukuoka.

After that, he organized the contest "Searching for Vietnamese Ambassadors in Kyushu region" and many meaningful seminars to spread Vietnamese.

He is also a founding member of the global Vietnamese language and culture teaching network, scheduled to launch at the end of September 2025.

The youngest Vietnamese ambassador of 2025 is Le Nguyen Luu An, currently living and studying in Malaysia.

Luu An is currently a "teaching assistant" and supports extracurricular activities of the Vietnamese Club in Malaysia.

Luu An actively participates in community activities to help Vietnamese children communicate in Vietnamese and love Vietnamese culture by playing the roles of Hang and the Jade Rabbit, guiding children to learn Vietnamese through folk games, songs, dances, and spreading Vietnamese culture through art.

The contest "Vietnamese Ambassadors Abroad" is one of the typical activities of the "Project on Honoring Vietnamese Language in the Overseas Vietnamese Community for the period 2023-2030" approved by the Prime Minister, aiming to honor individuals who have made many contributions to the work of preserving and spreading the Vietnamese language as well as the fine traditional values ​​of Vietnamese culture in the overseas Vietnamese community.

The contest was organized by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, Ministry of Foreign Affairs from March to May 2025 and received widespread response from the overseas Vietnamese community, foreigners who love the Vietnamese language and the rich culture of Vietnam.

At the Program, overseas Vietnamese from all over the world sent their wishes and thanks to their homeland on the occasion of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025)./.

According to VNA

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