The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a meeting in Hanoi on November 26 to seek overseas Vietnamese (OV)'s opinions about the results of the five-year implementation of the Politburo’s Directive No. 45/CT-TW and how to develop the country in the new context.
Hanoi (VNA) – Over 120 Vietnamese speakers and intellectuals in Japan discussed and answered two major questions, namely should the Vietnamese people stay abroad or return home?”
The construction of the Vinh Nghiem – Karlovy Vary pagoda is underway in the Czech Republic following a recent ceremony that gathered nearly 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhist followers in Europe.
A ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the movement of Overseas Vietnamese (OV) in France was held on June 15 at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, where President Ho Chi Minh held a meeting with 2,000 OVs in France on July 15, 1946 during his official visit to the country.
A conference in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on June 12 helped overseas Vietnamese (OV) businesspeople to learn about agriculture and tourism projects in need of capital.
The Prime Minister has issued a decision regulating the functions, tasks, power and organisation of the State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The number of Oversea Vietnamese (OV) returning home to invest and run business have risen amidst the increasing international integration of Vietnam, contributing to the national development, stated Luong Thanh Nghi, deputy head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.
About 1,000 overseas Vietnamese (OV) gathered at the annual “Homeland Spring” programme in Hanoi on January 26 to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year.
A seminar calling for overseas Vietnamese investment in the north central region took place in Vinh city, the central province of Nghe An on December 29.
Many of the Vietnamese artists, who have claimed global fame for classical music, like violinist Bui Cong Duy, pianists Dang Thai Son and Luu Hong Quang, have returned home for projects to share the love for chamber music with local audience.
When blockbuster film Nguoi Bat Tu (The Immortal), directed by Victor Vu, set to open on October 26, viewers will take in a dark story that spans three centuries – as well as some of the country’s most beautiful scenery.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Vietnamese community in Russia to continue contributing to the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Russia.
A Vietnamese language school in Thailand not only helps popularise the mother tongue to the next generations, but also preserves Vietnam’s culture in the host country.
Members of the Association of Vietnamese Specialists and Scientists (AVSE Global), including many overseas Vietnamese intellectuals in France, met with Vietnamese specialists and businessmen living in Belgium in a Brussels gathering on May 27.
Overseas Vietnamese students in Russia, China and the UK have held a number of activities in response to the Month of the Youth in the home country in March.
A TV internet-based product called Viet Media Box has been introduced in Berlin, Germany, giving overseas Vietnamese in Germany access to around 50 domestic TV channels.
A Vietnamese scholar in the Netherlands suggested Vietnam shift to venture investment abroad rather than relying on developing the intellectual-based economy at home during a seminar held in Geneva.
A music programme title “For the future 2017” was held by the charity fund “Voice from the heart” on May 1 in Moscow capital of Russia to help disadvantaged children and women.
The Vietnamese community in Argentina gathered at a get-together on January 15 to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the Vietnamese’s most important event of a year.
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