President Truong Tan Sang has praised overseas Vietnamese (OVs) throughout the world for their significant contributions to socio-economic development and charitable activities in the homeland.
President Truong Tan Sang has praised overseas Vietnamese (OVs) throughout the world for their significant contributions to socio-economic development and charitable activities in the homeland.
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| President Truong Tan Sang and overseas Vietnamese |
He was addressing a New Year art performance to welcome a number of overseas Vietnamese to called ‘Homeland Spring’, which took place at the Thang Long imperial citadel in Hanoi on January 23.
The President noted that more and more expatriate professionals and businesspeople have returned home to help the country develop.
He said that the State sees overseas Vietnamese as integral parts of the nation and has issued many policies in the past to encourage them to do more for the homeland’s construction and development.
Co-hosted by the Foreign Ministry’s State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee and Vietnam Television, the ‘Homeland Spring’ programme is part of activities to review the 10-year implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution 36/NQ-TW on Overseas Vietnamese affairs.
Nguyen Thanh Son, head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, stressed that overseas Vietnamese play a key role in strengthening ties with other countries.
The ten-year implementation of Resolution 36 will be reviewed in March this year, he said, adding that the committee will use lessons learnt from the resolution to roll out more suitable orientations and policies in order to bring into full play the strength of OVs.
According to the committee, nearly five million Vietnamese people are living in 103 countries and territories across the world.
(Source:Nhan Dan)
