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Party chief welcomes overseas Vietnamese home for Tet

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on February 7 held a reception for a delegation from overseas Vietnamese who returned home to join the “Xuan Que huong 2018” (Homeland Spring 2018) programme.
Party chief welcomes overseas Vietnamese home for Tet ảnh 1Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets overseas Vietnamese on February 7. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on February7 held a reception for a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) who returnedhome to join the “Xuan Que huong 2018” (Homeland Spring 2018) programme.

The delegation included 90 delegates from 25 countries and territoriesworldwide, representing 4.5 million overseas Vietnamese living in 109 foreignnations and territories.

At the meeting, General Secretary Trong extended his warm Tet (Lunar New Year)greetings to OVs and applauded their contributions to building and developing thecountry as well as strengthening solidarity among Vietnamese expats and promotingtheir integration into host nations.

The Vietnamese Party and Government consistently consider the overseasVietnamese community as an integral part of the nation, he affirmed, informingthem about significant events in the country in 2017 with the delegates.

He added that the Party and Government will continue supporting and creatingfavourable conditions for OVs to integrate into host countries and make furthercontributions to the national development.

The OV community expressed their delight at the country’s achievements invarious fields and pledged to make concerted efforts to strengthen solidarityand promoting traditional cultural identity, towards the homelands.-VNA

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