Berlin (VNA), Jan. 30 -- Some 1,300 overseas Vietnamese in Germany gathered at an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year ( Tet ) festival held by the Vietnamese Embassy on January 28.

The event also saw the participation of representatives from other embassies in the host country such as Laos, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, the US, China and Japan as well as from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Parliamentary Group in the German Parliament, the Ministry of Economy, the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, the German-Vietnamese Association, the mayors of Lichtenberg and Marzahn - Hellersdorf, among others.

Speaking at the event, Ambassador Vu Quang Minh affirmed that 2023 was a very special year, as the strategic...