VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang has emphasized the growing role of overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and outlined policies aimed at encouraging their greater contributions to national development.

Vietnam made a vibrant impression at the "Jewels of Asia" Festival held on June 11 at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a meeting on June 10 in Paris with Vietnamese experts and intellectuals residing in France while attending the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) and conducting bilateral activities in France.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam had a meeting in Moscow on May 11 with Russian intellectuals, scholars, and experts who had supported Vietnam in the past.

Economists underlined the need for Vietnamese Government and businesses to apply measures to adapt to the new tariff policy of the US to maintain growth during a meeting held by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade on April 8.

The Vietnam Intellectual Association in Belgium and Luxembourg (ViLaB) made its debut in Luxembourg on March 20 with the presence of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nguyen Van Thao, and a large number of financial experts.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam met with overseas Vietnamese intellectuals in Singapore on March 11 to discuss and listen to petitions and suggestions for development policies, as part of their official visit to the city-state.

Streamlining the administrative apparatus, as directed by General Secretary To Lam, provides an opportunity to select competent, dedicated, and moral officials to improve the political system's efficiency and align it with global development trends, according to Vietnamese intellectuals in Switzerland.

A two-day international conference on data processing and information technology in copyright protection commenced in Hanoi on February 26.

The Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS) has made substantive contributions to the Fatherland through its mentorship programme as highlighted during the organisation’s annual general meeting recently held in Coventry city.