HCM City leaders meet OVs on Tet occasion

A get-together between Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders and representatives of the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community was held on January 25, on the occasion of the approaching Lunar New Year – the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai (fourth from left) presents the committee's traditional flag to the city's Committee for OV Affairs. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – A get-together between Ho Chi Minh City’s leadersand representatives of the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community was held onJanuary 25, on the occasion of the approaching Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggestfestival in a year of Vietnamese people.

Politburo member, Secretary of the municipal Party CommitteeNguyen Van Nen and Deputy Chairman of the State Committeefor Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Luong Thanh Nghi attended the event, along with about 300 OVswho are in the city to welcome the Year of the Tiger.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai (Photo: VNA)

Welcoming the returnees, Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Phan Van Mai briefed them on the city's socio-economic situation in2021, as well as its orientations, tasks and solutions for 2022, and expressedhis desire to receive their recommendations for the city's socio-economicdevelopment.

Mai appreciated the consensus, solidarity and support of the locals and those living abroad for helping the city overcome difficultiescaused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

He said he hopes to receive more ideas related to pandemicprevention and control, COVID-19 patient treatment, and on how to improve thequality of the urban administration, build models and modes of operation of Thu Duccity, promote production and business, and attract more investment.

The city leader pledged to create the most favourableconditions for the reception of contributions from overseas Vietnamese as wellas their investments and other sources introduced by them.

Vietnamese German Philipp Rösler, former Vice Chancellor of Germany (Photo: VNA)

Speaking at the get-together, Vietnamese German Philipp Rösler,former Vice Chancellor of Germany; and Vietnamese Australian Nguyen Ngoc Luan, GeneralDirector of the Global Trading Company Limited, expressed their joy and honourto attend the event, and thanked Party and State leaders for creating favourableconditions for OVs to return and contribute to national construction.

They also showed their delight at the positive results that Ho Chi Minh City achieved in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, andaffirmed to accompany and contribute to the development of the city and the wholecountry.

On this occasion, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s gifts werepresented to five outstanding OVs, and the municipal People’s Committee certificatesof merit handed to 15 collectives and 29 individuals with prominent achievementsin the OV affairs and great contributions to the city’s building and development./.

VNA