Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phúc (front, C) takes photo with overseas Vietnamese (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc met with 100 overseas Vietnamese (OV) who came home to attend the“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) 2019 programme in Hanoi on January 26.
He expressed his pleasure to meet the Vietnameseexpatriates representing 4.5 million Vietnamese abroad and sent his best wishesto the OV community on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) –the biggest holiday in Vietnam.
The PM spoke of constructive ideas of the OVsand hoped they would make more contributions to the country’s development.
“The Party and State always pay attention tooverseas Vietnamese and regard them as an indispensable part of the country,”he said.
The Government leader briefed the OVs on the country’ssocio-economic achievements over the past years with the scale of the economyexpanding to 5.5 quadrillion VND (about 240.5 billion USD) along with higheconomic growth, trade surplus, and improved business and investmentenvironment.
The Party and State have spared no efforts toprevent and combat corruption and handle violations, he said.
Implementing the inclusive growth policy, theParty and Sate has paid attention to social welfare policies so that no onewill be left behind, he added.
The PM hoped more OV investors would invest inVietnam, especially when the country has joined 12 free trade agreements(FTAs), including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in thecoming time.
The opportunities for investors are huge, notonly in Vietnam but also in markets which Vietnam has signed FTAs with, hestressed.
PM Phuc appreciated the OV efforts to collectmaps proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa(Spratly) archipelagos.
He hoped the OVs would continue preserving thenation’s traditional culture and pay due attention to education and teaching ofVietnamese for their children.
He expected the OVs to further promote economiccooperation between Vietnam and other countries, especially trade andinvestment activities, while calling on them to invest in Vietnam and expand thedistribution of Vietnamese goods in foreign markets.-VNA
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