Deputy PM encourages OV contributions
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on the Overseas Vietnamese Liaison Association to play a greater role in connecting the overseas Vietnamese community with nearly 90 million people at home.
Phuc made the call at the 3rd Congress of the Overseas Vietnamese Liaison Association held in Hanoi on March 17.
He affirmed that the overseas Vietnamese community, which numbers about 5 million, is an integral part of the Vietnamese nation.
The association’s Secretary General Nguyen Lan Trung highlighted the association’s effective implementation of its main political task of popularising the government’s policies among the overseas Vietnamese community over the past five years.
The association, which now comprises more than 300 members, has set up contacts with hundreds of overseas Vietnamese visiting the home land to receive their opinions and discuss how they can contribute to national development.
The delegates elected former Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh president of the association for the 2012-2017 term.