Saturday, 28 March 2009

Headquarters of Overseas Vietnamese Association in Cambodia inaugurated

VOV News
03/27/2009

The Vietnamese consulate general in Sihanouk ville, Cambodia, on March 27 held an inauguration ceremony for the headquarters of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in the city.

Also on the occasion, the association inaugurated a primary school for children of Vietnamese nationals at a total cost of US$86,000, supported by the Vietnamese Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (COVA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The school has just enrolled 50 pupils studying from the 1st to 5th grades. The Vietnamese province of Kien Giang provided VND20 million to buy desks, chairs and books for the pupils there.

There are now 823 Vietnamese households living in Sihanouk ville.

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