Toronto, April 20 -- The Canada-Vietnam Cultural and Educational Council (CVCEC) has launched the Viet Youth Readiness Hub, inaugurated a community Vietnamese language class for children, and introduced a Vietnamese book collection in Canada.

The series of activities not only honoured ancestral roots but also created a space for preserving the Vietnamese language, nurturing cultural identity, and bridging generations of Vietnamese in a multicultural environment.

CVCEC founder Phan Thi Quynh Trang said the Vietnamese population in Toronto, and across Canada more broadly, has been growing considerably. However, as second- and third-generation children integrate deeper into Canadian society, many now use Vietnamese almost exclusively withi...