President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with OVs in Russia
Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with representatives
of the Vietnamese community in Russia on December 2 as part of activities in
his official visits to the country.
During the meeting, the President expressed his joy when the Vietnamese community in Russia has
overcome the most difficult period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He highly
appreciated the support and contributions of Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Russia
for people in the homeland amid the health crisis.
The President also acknowledged recommendations of the OVs and promised to make
decisions in order to facilitate their return to Vietnam in the new situation.
He suggested
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi take measures to take better
care of the community amid difficulties caused by the pandemic, expressing his
belief that the Vietnamese community in Russia will continue to maintain
valuable traditions of the Vietnamese people.
On
the occasion, President Phuc witnessed the hand-over ceremony of symbolic keys
of three UAZ vehicles as the gift of the Association of Vietnamese People in
Russia to the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence to serve rescue work.
President
of the Association of Vietnamese People in Russia Do Xuan Hoang affirmed President
Phuc’s visit to Russia will create a new impulse to lift the bilateral relations between
the two countries to new heights, saying that the strengthening of
Vietnam-Russia relations plays a very important role in facilitate the
operation of the Vietnamese community in Russia.
There are about 80,000 Vietnamese people living,
studying and working in Russia. They have stable lives with increasing legal
and social status. In the last two years, despite many difficulties and losses
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the community has made great efforts to overcome
difficulties during the pandemic, and donated to help flood victims and those
affected by COVID-19 in the homeland.
Later the same day, the Vietnamese President left the Vnukovo International
Airport in Moscow for home, successfully ending his official visit
to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin./.