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Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs’ contributions lauded

Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan applauded the contributions of the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) and its staff over the past 50 years at the celebrations of the 50th establishment of the COVA in Hanoi on Nov. 23.
Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doanapplauded the contributions of the Committee for Overseas VietnameseAffairs (COVA) and its staff over the past 50 years at the celebrationsof the 50th establishment of the COVA in Hanoi on Nov. 23.

Vice President Doan said the Party and State have always attachedimportance to the mobilisation work of Vietnamese living overseasduring the revolutionary process.

She went on to say that such work, as well as that of patrioticoverseas Vietnamese organisations worldwide, has contributed tonational independence in the past two struggles.

Politburo Resolution 36 affirms the importance of solid relations withoverseas Vietnamese, she said, emphasising that her countrymen abroadare an inseparable part of, and a human resource for, the Vietnamesenational community. They are also a key factor in enhancing friendshipand cooperation between Vietnam and other countries.

The achievements of the nation’s renewal process have stirred nationalpride in the people, and attracted more and more overseas Vietnamese toreturn to their homeland to invest and conduct business, she noted.

For his part, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem said he was happythat COVA was awarded with the Ho Chi Minh Medal, the esteemeddistinction granted by the Party and State, for its achievements overhalf a century./.
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