Union to further engage OVs in people-to-people diplomacy
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) is set to work harder to increase overseas Vietnamese (OV)’s engagement in people-to-people diplomacy in the time ahead.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien (second, right) receives donations to the COVID-19 vaccine fund from the Vietnamese community in Canada on December 15 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) is set to work harder toincrease overseas Vietnamese (OV)’s engagement in people-to-people diplomacy inthe time ahead.
So said VUFO PresidentAmbassador Nguyen Phuong Nga at a hybrid conference held in Hanoi on December27 to disseminate the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 12 on OV affairs.
She said the union is the coreforce of the people-to-people diplomacy and always views the work on OV affairsas an important task. Given this, it has carried out a number of practicalactivities to support OVs and encourage them to contribute to the homeland.
Particularly, during theCOVID-19 pandemic, VUFO has concurrently assisted the overseas community andcalled on them to support the pandemic fight in Vietnam.
Nga stated that VUFO willwork to increase OVs’ engagement in people-to-people diplomacy, reform mindsetand working method, and coordinate closely with central and local agencies andorganisations to perform the tasks set in Conclusion No. 12.
Deputy Foreign Minister PhamQuang Hieu, who is also Chairman of the State Committee for OV Affairs, highlyvalued VUFO’s performance and expressed his hope that it will continue joininghands with the Foreign Ministry and relevant agencies, sectors to meet theaspirations of Vietnamese expatriates and improve the settlement of OV affairs inthe new context.
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu (Photo: VNA)
Highlighting the importanceof the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 12, he noted the conclusion aims to reiteratethe Party and State’s consistent policy on strengthening the great nationalunity, in which the OV community is an integral part of the Vietnamese people.It is also meant to gather people from all strata both at home and aboard tostrongly bring into play the strength of the entire nation for the developmentof the country.
The conclusion is expected tohelp promote the handling of OV affairs more comprehensively and strongly, witha focus on assisting OVs to gain a firm legal status, develop and integrateinto the host countries, promote their national pride, and help them makeeffective contributions to the homeland’s development and defence. It is also ademonstration of the Party and State’s sentiments and sense of responsibilitytowards the OV community, Hieu added.
Participants in theconference voiced their belief that this conclusion will make fundamentalchanges to the handling of OV affairs and create conditions for them to becomemore attached to the homeland and intensify the great national unity./.
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President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien (second, right) receives donations to the COVID-19 vaccine fund from the Vietnamese community in Canada on December 15 (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu (Photo: VNA) 
