National Great Unity Festival in the Vietnamese community in Kyushu Japan

Speaking at the National Great Unity Festival, Consul General of Vietnam in Japan Vu Chi Mai emphasized that the organization of the Great Unity Festival and Sports Festival aims to promote the tradition of national great unity, strengthen the strength of the Vietnamese community in Japan in general and the Kyushu region in particular.

This work also contributes to promoting the image of the country, people, and culture of Vietnam to Japanese friends. In addition, combining cultural and sports exchanges, spreading Vietnamese identity in Japan contributes to building a Vietnamese community in Kyushu, Japan to be united, integrated, developed and towards the homeland and country.

Today's festival is organized in the spirit of Resolution No. 36 and Conclusion No. 12 of the Politburo on the work of overseas Vietnamese; at the same time, responding to the pilot project "Great Unity Festival of the Overseas Vietnamese Community" implemented by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), Consulate General Vu Chi Mai said.

Mr. Nguyen Duy Anh, member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, President of the Association of Vietnamese in Fukuoka, Principal of GAG Japanese, General Secretary of the Global Vietnamese and Vietnamese Culture Teaching Network, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee, expressed his emotion at witnessing the unprecedented gathering of the Vietnamese community in Kyushu.

The festival is not only to meet and have fun, exchange, but also to affirm a sacred thing, even though living away from home, every Vietnamese person still carries the blood of Lac Hong, the heart always turn towards the homeland. Today's flag that we consider is not only a symbol of Vietnam, it is also a symbol of solidarity, of pride, and of community strength. We hope that the Great Unity Festival every year will not only be a cultural event, but also an opportunity to strengthen family relationships, a place to connect associations, businesses, families and the young generation, so that overseas Vietnamese can always find a "common home" in Japan" - Mr. Nguyen Duy Anh emphasized.

The most touching highlight of the Festival was the moment more than 1,000 Vietnamese people simultaneously joined the team, forming the Red Flag with three large groups with 15 blocks representing 15 community members, also the 15-year journey of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Japan.

At the Central event of the Vietnam Record keeping Association, the representative of the Vietnamese Record Organization (VietWorld) presented the World Record to the "Great National Unity Festival in the Overseas Vietnamese Community in Kyushu, Japan".

On this occasion, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in coordination with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka commended and rewarded collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in community building, strengthening the spirit of solidarity, developing the youth union movement and actively contributing to the conservation of culture and Vietnamese in Japan.

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