OVs welcome traditional Tet in HCM City

Delegates offer incense at the Hung Kings Memorial Site in the National Historical and Cultural Park. (Photo: laodong.vn)

HCM City (VNA) – One hundred overseas Vietnamese (OVs) returning from 28 nations and territories on February 1 offered incense at the Hung Kings Memorial Site in the National Historical and Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City, starting a series of activities of the “Xuan Que huong 2024” (Homeland Spring) programme.

On this occasion, the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) organised a full-line test run on Metro Line 1 linking Ben Thanh in District 1 with Suoi Tien in Thu Duc city to serve OVs.

Within the framework of the programme, OVs will have chances to join a lot of activities to enjoy the Tet atmosphere.

OVs take a ride on the metro train in HCM City. (Photo: nhandan.vn)

The “Xuan Que huong” programme is held annually on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest and longest festival in a year of Vietnamese people – for outstanding Vietnamese people living abroad. The programme is attended by leaders and former leaders of the Party and State, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other ministries, and localities.

This is the largest political, external and cultural event connecting Vietnamese people at home and abroad, and also an opportunity for Party and State leaders to listen to the thoughts and aspirations of OVs./.

VNA