Vietnamese Ambassador to China Phạm Thanh Bình and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in China at the ceremony. — VNA/VNS Photos

HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese communities in China and Japan have celebrated the 81st National Day of Việt Nam with a strong sense of pride in their homeland, while reaffirming their role as bridges of friendship and cooperation between Việt Nam and their host countries.

In Beijing, the Vietnamese Embassy in China held a ceremony on Wednesday, bringing together Vietnamese diplomats, businesses, students and community members, as well as Chinese officials, international diplomats and friends of Việt Nam.

Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Phạm Thanh Bình highlighted Việt Nam’s major achievements after more than eight decades of nation-building, particularly during more than 40 years of Đổi Mới (Renewal), saying the country is entering a new development era with higher ambitions for 2030 and 2045.

He affirmed Việt Nam’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, peace, friendship, cooperation and development; diversification and multilateralisation of external relations; active, proactive, comprehensive and effective integration into the world; and being a friend, a trustworthy partner and an active, responsible member of the international community.

Within this policy, Việt Nam considers consolidating and developing its traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership with China an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority, the ambassador said.

The two countries have maintained positive momentum in their relations, with exchanges at all levels intensifying in 2026, notably General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and President Tô Lâm’s state visit to China in April.

At a meeting ahead of the ceremony, Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Cai Wei conveyed congratulations from the Chinese Party, State and people on Việt Nam’s National Day and enormous achievements over the past 81 years.

He expressed confidence that under the strategic guidance and orientations set by the two countries' leaders, bilateral ties will continue to deepen and the building of a China–Việt Nam community of shared future that carries strategic significance in the new period will record new and substantive strides, contributing to the socialist modernisation in each country, as well as peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.

For Vietnamese people living in China, the National Day celebration was also an opportunity to reconnect with their homeland.

Vũ Hoàng Thanh Loan, a Vietnamese living in Beijing, said each member of the Vietnamese community abroad can serve as a “cultural ambassador”, helping showcase Vietnam’s people and culture while connecting economic and technological resources with the homeland.

Tô Hồng Hoài, who has lived in Beijing for nearly 30 years, said major national holidays are particularly meaningful to Vietnamese living far from home. She added that the Vietnamese community in China remains ready to contribute to the homeland and support the country in times of hardship and natural disasters.

Meanwhile, in Japan's Fukuoka, the Vietnamese Consulate General held a National Day ceremony attended by nearly 200 guests, including local government officials and representatives of Japanese agencies, diplomatic missions, friendship organisations, businesses and Vietnamese associations from across the Kyushu-Okinawa region.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan's Fukuoka held a National Day ceremony.

Consul General Trịnh Thị Mai Phương highlighted Việt Nam’s development achievements, its determination to advance institutional perfection and growth model reform, and the identification of science – technology, innovation, digital transformation and high-quality human resources as crucial development drivers.

She stressed that Việt Nam always treasures the valuable support and assistance of international friends, including Japan, noting that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries is expanding in depth and substance.

Cooperation between Việt Nam and the Kyushu-Okinawa region has also grown across trade, investment, science – technology, human resources development, culture, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, Phương added.

Leaders of Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Okinawa and Kumamoto hailed Việt Nam's flourishing ties with each prefecture and the Kyushu-Okinawa region as a whole. They expressed their wish to further expand cooperation with Việt Nam, particularly in economic, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, contributing to the implementation of the bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

They also pledged continued support for the Vietnamese community, enabling its members to live, study and work in Japan while making greater contributions to local development.

The Vietnamese communities in China and Japan are increasingly serving as important links between Vietnam and their host societies, contributing not only to stronger people-to-people ties but also to broader economic, cultural and technological collaboration.

The National Day celebrations thus served both as a tribute to Việt Nam’s 81-year journey of development and as a reaffirmation of the shared commitment to deepening friendship, mutual understanding and sustainable cooperation between Việt Nam and its international partners. — VNA/VNS