A conference to review the six-year implementation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Politburo’s Resolution No. 36 on the affairs relating to Overseas Vietnamese, will take place in Hanoi on November 4.
The information was unveiled by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son, who is Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA), at a press briefing in the capital city on November 1.
According to Son, the conference also aims to put forward major directions and policies for the work in the next stage as well as specific measures and mechanisms to implement the resolution, in preparation for the upcoming XIth National Party Congress.
The conference will discuss the building of policies and laws that meet legitimate interests of OVs and implement the policy of national unity, the protection of Vietnamese citizens abroad as well as measures to promote the strength of the Overseas Vietnamese community and combat activities that are against the interests of the community and the nation.
To celebrate the event, an arts programme will be held in the evening of November 4 with the participation of many singers from within the country and abroad.
According to COVA, nearly 4 million Vietnamese people are living and working in 103 countries and territories throughout the world.
Around 500,000 Overseas Vietnamese, including 300 experts and intellectuals, return home to work annually and thousands of others come back for investment and business opportunities.
To date, OVs have invested in over 3,200 projects in the homeland with a total investment of nearly 5.7 billion USD.
Overseas remittances to Vietnam increase by 10-15 percent per year, reaching 6.8 billion USD in 2009./.
The information was unveiled by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son, who is Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA), at a press briefing in the capital city on November 1.
According to Son, the conference also aims to put forward major directions and policies for the work in the next stage as well as specific measures and mechanisms to implement the resolution, in preparation for the upcoming XIth National Party Congress.
The conference will discuss the building of policies and laws that meet legitimate interests of OVs and implement the policy of national unity, the protection of Vietnamese citizens abroad as well as measures to promote the strength of the Overseas Vietnamese community and combat activities that are against the interests of the community and the nation.
To celebrate the event, an arts programme will be held in the evening of November 4 with the participation of many singers from within the country and abroad.
According to COVA, nearly 4 million Vietnamese people are living and working in 103 countries and territories throughout the world.
Around 500,000 Overseas Vietnamese, including 300 experts and intellectuals, return home to work annually and thousands of others come back for investment and business opportunities.
To date, OVs have invested in over 3,200 projects in the homeland with a total investment of nearly 5.7 billion USD.
Overseas remittances to Vietnam increase by 10-15 percent per year, reaching 6.8 billion USD in 2009./.
