Overseas Vietnamese make active contributions to homeland: official

Vietnamese people living abroad have made significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi at a gathering in Ho Chi Minh City on February 3.
Overseas Vietnamese make active contributions to homeland: official ảnh 1Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Vietnamese people living abroadhave made significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development,said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi at a gathering in HoChi Minh City on February 3.

At the meeting held on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar NewYear, Khoi, also Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas VietnameseAffairs, presented outstanding overseas Vietnamese in the city with gifts from PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.  

He noted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, overseas Vietnamese have adheredto prevention and control measures and actively taken part in the charity work.

They worked to overcome difficulties last year to stablisetheir production and business in the city and generate jobs for locals, Khoisaid, requesting municipal relevant departments and sectors to create favourablepolicies for them.

He took the occasion to brief overseas Vietnamese on the outcomes of therecent 13th National Party Congress, during which Party GeneralSecretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected to the13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

The official stated the congress has set out the Party’s futureactivities to focus on ensuring people’s rights and happiness.

Vietnamese people, no matter where they are, are always a part ofthe nation, Khoi affirmed.

He underscored that sci-tech development is the only path forthe nation to realise its 2030 targets and overseas Vietnamese is an importantbridge in helping Vietnam boost its transformation and growth.  

Dinh Vinh Cuong, a Vietnamese expatriate in Japan, praisedthe organisation of the congress, adding that key documents were approved tofurther develop the nation.

According to him, overseas Vietnamese paid particularattention to such contents of the event as the enhancement of the anti-corruption fight andthe implementation of open policies that will attract more expatriates tomake further contributions to the homeland./.
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