Young overseas Vietnamese learn mother tongue through tourism

      The Ho Chi Minh City Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese has announced that it will organise a tourism-cum-Vietnamese learning programme for young overseas Vietnamese from July 27 to August 10.
Under the programme, the participants will learn how to cook Vietnamese food and attend 10 extracurricular sessions on communication in Vietnamese at Duc Ba Church, Thao Cam Vien Zoo and Can Gio tourism site.
They will visit central Binh Dinh province – the land of martial arts to see Tay Son traditional martial arts, visit the Emperor Quang Trung Museum and the Ham Ho tourism site and enjoy central highlands’ ethnic music.
Apart from these activities, the association will collaborate with the city’s Communist Youth Union to organise summer camps for them in Ho Chi Minh City, southeastern Dong Nai province and southern coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau province from July 21-24.
At the events, they will offer incense to Hung Kings, present gifts to children with disabilities and meet with local youths. The overseas Vietnamese will also visit Minh Long porcelain company and a mango garden tourism site in Dong Nai province.