Work on overseas Vietnamese to get boost in 2022

Hieu, who is also Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, unveiled the major tasks for the COVA ahead in 2022 during a national conference held in Hanoi on January 7.

He said that the COVA will develop and implement a scheme which aims to continue promoting the mobilisation of overseas Vietnamese in the new situation, while simultaneously renewing and diversifying ways of mobilisation.

It will also draw up and implement a project which will try to attract overseas Vietnamese resources for national development. To this end, it will co-ordinate with relevant agencies to perfect mechanisms, policies, and laws related to overseas Vietnamese, including a mechanism for receiving, applying, and effectively promoting initiatives and opinions by Vietnamese intellectuals and businesspeople overseas.

Among other tasks, the committee will continue to support people in protecting their legal status, provide assistance to those in need, and help them to preserve and develop traditional culture, including the learning of their mother tongue – Vietnamese, in their host country.

The COVA will also renew and diversify methods of communications as a means of keeping overseas Vietnamese abreast of Party guidelines and State policies, in which it will effectively utilise communication channels of expatriates.

The conference was told that in 2021 Vietnamese nationals abroad united to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and make a continued contribution to the homeland. Indeed, they raised more than VND80 billion, along with providing medical supplies for the COVID-19 fight in the fatherland.

They also remitted an estimated US$18.1 billion to the homeland, an increase of 5.2% from the previous year, according to projections made by the World Bank.