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Over 17 bln VND for overseas Vietnamese this year

The Fund under the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) will spend more than 17 billion VND on projects supporting beneficiaries this year.
The Fund under the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) will spend morethan 17 billion VND on projects supporting beneficiaries this year.

At ameeting held in Hanoi on March 26 to discuss directions for operation this year,Director of the Fund for Supporting Overseas Vietnamese, Nguyen Quang Tinh saidthat the projects include the building of schools for teaching Vietnamese inLaos and Cambodia and the organisation of a festival in Europe and summer campsfor OV teenagers.

Also, part of the money will be used to hostoutstanding OV who return to their home country to celebrate the anniversary ofthe Hung Kings’ death (Lunar March 10), Independence Day (September 2) and tovisit the Spratly archipelago, the Chairman added.

According to him, anumber of cultural and artistic performances and exhibitions of publications forOV will be held this year.

The fund will also support a scheme toattract OV intellectuals and business people to return home to build the countryand set up a database for them.

The fund has provided over 35 billionVND for 90 projects supporting OV since it was established seven years ago./.
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