HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese on November 9 organised an event to honour experts, intellectuals, and overseas Vietnamese who have contributed ideas and suggestions, and participated in activities to boost the city’s development.
Speaking at the event, chairwoman of the committee Vu Thi Huynh Mai emphasised the important role of overseas Vietnamese in contributing their intelligence and professional experience to the city.
She said currently about 500 experts, intellectuals, and overseas Vietnamese are working in the city. Most of them are scientists and technical experts. They have been actively participating in teaching at universities and research institutes, as well as contributing important ideas to the city's development.
Mai called on overseas Vietnamese to make further contributions to HCM City and noted that the southern largest economic hub has preferential policies to attract overseas Vietnamese experts, intellectuals, and scientists.
On this occasion, the committee coordinated with the family of Dr. Vo Ta Han, an overseas Vietnamese in the US, presented more than 9,600 books worth about 24 billion VND (950,000 USD) to 33 universities, colleges, and libraries in the Southern and Central Highlands regions.
Those are part of 14,219 science and technology books worth 34 billion VND published by Singapore’s World Scientific Publishing House that Han donated to universities, colleges and libraries in Vietnam in 2024./.
