Measures sought to enhance efficiency of law communications work among OVs
A conference was jointly held by the Ministry of Justice’s Law Dissemination and Education Department and Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnam Law and Legal Forum Magazine in Hanoi on November 15 to discuss measures to strengthen communications work on policies and laws among overseas Vietnamese (OV) community.
Hanoi(VNA) – A conference was jointly held by the Ministry of Justice’s LawDissemination and Education Department and Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnam Lawand Legal Forum Magazine in Hanoi on November 15 to discuss measures tostrengthen communications work on policies and laws among overseas Vietnamese (OV)community.
Addressing theceremony, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Cao ThiMai Phuong called the community of 5.3 million Vietnamese living and working in 130countries and territories an important resource for the nationalconstruction, development and defence.
Phuong held that thepopularisation of policies and laws of Vietnam to OVs has contributed to ensuringthe community understand clearly and correctly the Party and State’s policiesand laws in general and those related to OV affairs in particular.
Meanwhile, Deputy Director Phan Hong Nguyen of the department highlighted the need topopularise draft policies and laws regarding the rights and obligations of OVs.
Drafting agencies should build specific plans tocarry out communications on the contents, focusing on rights and obligations ofVietnamese citizens in general and overseas Vietnamese in particular as well asissues concerning civil status, citizenship, authentication; entry and exit;and the State’s protection policies for Vietnamese citizens abroad, Nguyensaid.
Deputy Director of the Law Dissemination and Education Department Phan Hong Nguyen addresses the event (Photo: VNA)
Nguyen underscored the necessity to enhance cooperation between press agencies, the drafting agency and diplomatic agencies in carrying out public communications work about draft policies and laws to overseas Vietnamese so as to ensure multidimensional, objective and accurate information.
He also stressed the need to train and enhance the capacity of officials and journalists involving in the activities.
Head of the Legal Department under of the State Committeefor OV Affairs Pham Thi Thu Huong pointed to a number of problems in the popularisationof draft laws to OV community, including those in language./.
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An overview of the conference (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Director of the Law Dissemination and Education Department Phan Hong Nguyen addresses the event (Photo: VNA) 
