State President Truong Tan Sang has praised overseas Vietnamese (OVs)throughout the world for their significant contributions tosocio-economic development and charitable activities in the homeland.
He was addressing an art performance to welcome those overseasVietnamese to the annual New Year programme called “Homeland Spring”that took place at the Thang Long imperial citadel in Hanoi on January23.
The President noted that more and more expatriateprofessionals and businesspeople have returned home to help the countrydevelop.
He reiterated that the State sees overseasVietnamese an integral part of the nation and has issued manypolicies encouraging them to do more for the homeland’s construction anddevelopment.
Co-hosted by the Foreign Ministry’s StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, the Hanoi municipal People’sCommittee and Vietnam Television, the “Homeland Spring” programme ispart of activities to review the 10-year implementation of thePolitburo’s Resolution 36/NQ-TW on Overseas Vietnamese affairs.
Nguyen Thanh Son, head of the State Committee for Overseas VietnameseAffairs, stressed that overseas Vietnamese play a key role instrengthening ties with other countries .
He further saidthat Resolution 36 has fulfilled the aspirations of Vietnamese peopleabroad while calling for their participation in social activities athome.
The ten-year implementation of the resolution will bereviewed in March this year, he said, noting the committee will use theoutcomes to roll out more suitable orientations and policies in order tobring into full play the strength of OVs.
According to thecommittee, nearly five million Vietnamese people are living in 103countries and territories across the world, serving as a bridge linkingVietnam with the host countries.
Vu Huy Hoang, an overseasVietnamese in Russia, said the Vietnamese community in the country hasalways looked back to the homeland and been ready to share difficultieswith victims of natural disasters and those in need.
PhanVan Vuong, a businessman in Thailand, shared that although he spent hischildhood in Thailand, he still had chances to enjoy the traditional Tet(Lunar New Year) festival with Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake)and parallel sentences.
“We will keep the beautiful traditionfor our children and teach them how to preserve it for the nextgenerations,” he said.
Tran Quang Luc from Ukraine said onlywhen coming back home can he really feel the warm atmosphere of thetraditional Tet festival although he and other OVs have celebrated thefestival annually in the host country.
He expressed his wishthat the State will make it easier for young people abroad to contributeto the country’s construction and development.
Sharing Luc’sviews, Prof. Do Dinh Chien, who has spent over 50 years in France,suggested the State pay more attention to human resources to improve thecountry’s science and technology sector so that it is on par with othercountries.-VNA
He was addressing an art performance to welcome those overseasVietnamese to the annual New Year programme called “Homeland Spring”that took place at the Thang Long imperial citadel in Hanoi on January23.
The President noted that more and more expatriateprofessionals and businesspeople have returned home to help the countrydevelop.
He reiterated that the State sees overseasVietnamese an integral part of the nation and has issued manypolicies encouraging them to do more for the homeland’s construction anddevelopment.
Co-hosted by the Foreign Ministry’s StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, the Hanoi municipal People’sCommittee and Vietnam Television, the “Homeland Spring” programme ispart of activities to review the 10-year implementation of thePolitburo’s Resolution 36/NQ-TW on Overseas Vietnamese affairs.
Nguyen Thanh Son, head of the State Committee for Overseas VietnameseAffairs, stressed that overseas Vietnamese play a key role instrengthening ties with other countries .
He further saidthat Resolution 36 has fulfilled the aspirations of Vietnamese peopleabroad while calling for their participation in social activities athome.
The ten-year implementation of the resolution will bereviewed in March this year, he said, noting the committee will use theoutcomes to roll out more suitable orientations and policies in order tobring into full play the strength of OVs.
According to thecommittee, nearly five million Vietnamese people are living in 103countries and territories across the world, serving as a bridge linkingVietnam with the host countries.
Vu Huy Hoang, an overseasVietnamese in Russia, said the Vietnamese community in the country hasalways looked back to the homeland and been ready to share difficultieswith victims of natural disasters and those in need.
PhanVan Vuong, a businessman in Thailand, shared that although he spent hischildhood in Thailand, he still had chances to enjoy the traditional Tet(Lunar New Year) festival with Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake)and parallel sentences.
“We will keep the beautiful traditionfor our children and teach them how to preserve it for the nextgenerations,” he said.
Tran Quang Luc from Ukraine said onlywhen coming back home can he really feel the warm atmosphere of thetraditional Tet festival although he and other OVs have celebrated thefestival annually in the host country.
He expressed his wishthat the State will make it easier for young people abroad to contributeto the country’s construction and development.
Sharing Luc’sviews, Prof. Do Dinh Chien, who has spent over 50 years in France,suggested the State pay more attention to human resources to improve thecountry’s science and technology sector so that it is on par with othercountries.-VNA
