A conference was held in the Czech Republic on December 1 to highlight President Ho Chi Minh’s sentiments towards overseas Vietnamese and intellectuals.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 1 met staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and more than 70 overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Canberra, New South Wales and South Australia, and intellectuals and Vietnamese students in Australia, as part of his official visit to the country.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu suggested increasing comprehensive, long-term measures to support overseas Vietnamese, especially those in extremely disadvantaged areas, while addressing a thematic conference in Hanoi on November 29.

A conference was jointly held by the Ministry of Justice’s Law Dissemination and Education Department and Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnam Law and Legal Forum Magazine in Hanoi on November 15 to discuss measures to strengthen communications work on policies and laws among overseas Vietnamese (OV) community.

A delegation of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) led by its deputy head Mai Phan Dung had meetings with representatives of Vietnamese associations in Australia, during the visit to the country from November 6-10.

A delegation of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs visited Malaysia from November 3-5 to learn more about the Vietnamese community in the country.

Dr. Le Toan Thuy, an overseas Vietnamese scientist in France, has joined projects to help Vietnamese managers and farmers effectively develop rice cultivation models in the Mekong Delta region.

A networking event that links overseas Vietnamese businesspeople and their peers in Vietnam took place virtually on October 12 as part of activities marking Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day (October 13).

A ceremony was held on September 8 in Hanoi to launch the Day for Honouring Vietnamese Language in Vietnamese Communities Abroad (September 8).

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) have invested in more than 3,000 firms in Ho Chi Minh City with a total capital amounting to US$1.91 billion, heard a meeting between the municipal Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and representatives of the group held in the city on September 7.