A pilot project to boost Vietnamese language study for Vietnamese communities in Cambodia, Laos, Russia, Czech Republic, the US and Canada is underway.

President Nguyen Minh Triet met with overseas Vietnamese.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese is implementing a pilot project to boost Vietnamese language study for Vietnamese communities in Cambodia, Laos, Russia, Czech Republic, the US and Canada.

Party Chief promises better policies for overseas Vietnamese

Keeping Vietnamese alive in Overseas Vietnamese communities, especially in those who were born and grew up overseas has become an issue of concern to the Vietnamese Government. At present, speaking Vietnamese in the third and fourth Vietnamese generations overseas is in decline as few have the chance to practice.

To deal with the situation, the Vietnamese Government has assigned the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese to design a scheme to promote the teaching of Vietnamese to Overseas Vietnamese communities between now and 2020.

The above project is carried out by a group of the committee’s officials in cooperation with Vietnam’s leading linguists and educators. The project’s result will be grounds for the implementation of the long-term plan to promote Vietnamese among communities of overseas Vietnamese from now to 2020.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese has organized its first Vietnamese course in Cambodia with assistance of experts from the Institute for Educational Sciences of Vietnam and the Fund for Overseas Vietnamese.

A similar course will be held in Laos.

X Linh