The message was highlighted at the society's 10th anniversary celebration in Ottawa on July 12.

Established in 2016, the Canada Vietnam Society aims to build a united Vietnamese community with a stronger voice in engaging with the host government while boosting cooperation between Canada and Vietnam in culture, education, economics and people-to-people exchanges.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Nguyen Dai Trang, a member of the Executive Committee of the Canada Vietnam Society, emphasized that after a decade of operation, the society's greatest achievement lay not only in the number of programmes it had organised but also in its ability to connect Vietnamese associations across Canada and help create a stronger, more unified voice for the community.

This unity had helped the Vietnamese community gain increasing recognition from Canadian authorities through various forms of cooperation. Each year, the society receives Lunar New Year greetings from the Canadian Prime Minister, as well as support from local governments for community activities and events marking Vietnam's National Day, she added.

For many members, what gives the society its vitality is its role in bringing together Vietnamese people of different generations and from communities across Canada, helping them preserve their cultural identity while strengthening ties with their homeland.

Nguyen Mai Trang, a member of the Canada Vietnam Society, said the organisation's role in connecting the community had enabled Vietnamese people in Canada to meet, learn more about their cultural heritage, contribute to their homeland and expand cooperation between the business communities of the two countries.

Over the past decade, the Canada Vietnam Society has organised a wide range of cultural exchanges, business networking activities, community support programmes and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

Among them, the Lantern Street programme, held during the Mid-Autumn Festival, has been regarded by many members as one of the society's signature events, attracting the Vietnamese community while helping bring Vietnamese culture to Canadians in Canada's multicultural society.

Alongside strengthening its community network, the society has identified young people as a priority for the next stage of development.

According to Nguyen Dai Trang, one of its priorities is to organise Vietnamese language classes for young people while introducing them to opportunities in Vietnam for study, employment, investment, entrepreneurship and tourism. Preserving the Vietnamese language should go hand in hand with strengthening young people's ties with their homeland, thus enabling them to better understand their roots and have more opportunities to contribute to Vietnam's development.

In the time ahead, the Canada Vietnam Society will continue expanding cooperation with organisations, businesses and authorities in both countries while further enhancing the role of the Vietnamese community in intensifying people-to-people exchanges as a way of deepening friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Canada.

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