Hosted by the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Germany from August 22 to 28 in Germany and Italy, the 2024 Vietnamese-European Youth Camp was an important milestone, marking a step in the development of generations of Overseas Vietnamese youths who are living and studying abroad.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, which was held in Munich under the theme ‘Embrace the Harmony’, Ho Hong Nguyen, Standing Vice President of the Vietnam National Union of Students Central Committee, hailed that in recent years, the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Germany has organised many practical activities to connect Vietnamese students in the host country as well as assorted meaningful activities to support the Fatherland.
Welcoming the participants, who came from Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czech, Belgium, and the Netherlands, she said that the event allowed them to strengthen solidarity and share experience in organising students’ activities.
She expressed her hope that in the coming years, the Vietnamese students’ associations in Europe would hold more activities to enhance solidarity support and create a favourable environment for overseas Vietnamese students, contributing to preserving and promoting Vietnamese national cultural identity while advertising the image of Vietnam's land and people to international friends.
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At a workshop held within the framework of the 10th Vietnamese-European Youth Camp |
Delegates at the three-day camp engaged in a wide range of activities, including a workshop of young Vietnamese intellectuals and many experiential activities in Munich.
They also visited and worked with the Italy - Vietnam Friendship Association’s branch in the Veneto region of Italy, the Vietnamese student community in Venice, the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Student Association in Italy, and the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Europe.
Born and raised in the Czech Republic, delegate Nguyen Hien Phuong said she had participated in many programmes organised by her school, students’ groups, and the Vietnamese Student’s Association in the Czech Republic.
I rejoiced that participants at the camp used Vietnamese as the main way of communication, which provided an opportunity for those who were born and raised in Europe like me to practice Vietnamese.
Nguyen Hien Phuong, a delegate from Czech Republic
However, the camp brought very different experiences to her. “I rejoiced that participants at the camp used Vietnamese as the main way of communication, which provided an opportunity for those who were born and raised in Europe like me to practice Vietnamese,” she stated. “It also helps Vietnamese students who have just arrived in Europe to feel more comfortable connecting with others,” she added.
“Various teambuilding activities were held at many locations in Munich within the framework of the camp, allowing us to experience the city's atmosphere and landscapes,” she said excitedly.
For her part, Vu Thi Ngoc, Vice President of the Hanoi City Students’ Association, said she was impressed with the love and national pride for the Fatherland in the hearts of Overseas Vietnamese youths and students.
Ngoc said that many delegates attending a workshop of young Vietnamese intellectuals had told her about their plan to return to Vietnam after they finished studying so that they could make further contributions to the motherland’s construction and development.
