A total of 120 young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from across 17 countries and territories worldwide paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien special national relic site in the late leader’s hometown in the central province of Nghe An’s Nam Dan district on July 25, as part of their Vietnam Summer Camp 2023.

A wide range of activities took place in Larmor-Plage city of France’s Morbihan department of Brittany from June 30 to July 2 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam - France diplomatic relations and 10 years of the two countries’ strategic partnership.

The final round of the Mrs Ao Dai Europe 2024 pageant will be held in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland from June 15-16, 2024, its organising board announced at a press conference in Warsaw on July 1.

Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Son, who is also former head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, has highlighted the significance of visits by overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district and DK1 platform across the past 11 years.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Canada have expressed their impression of the homeland’s achievements over the last 48 years, since the Liberation of the South and the National Reunification on April 30, 1975.

Representatives of Vietnamese people in the Netherlands will join a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on a visit to soldiers and residents on the island district of Truong Sa and DK1 platforms of the homeland.

The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs will continue to renovate itself to further enhance its operational efficiency, thus optimising OV’s contributions to the construction and development of the city in the new period, heard a conference held in the city on March 9 to launch the committee’s tasks in 2023.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Laos has gathered at a “Xuan que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme in Vientiane on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) - the most important festival of Vietnamese people in a year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 14 hosted a reception for a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) who are now in Vietnam for the "Xuan Que huong" (Homeland Spring) 2023, during which he called for their engagement in the Government’s efforts to bring Vietnam closer to the world.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest external and cultural event held for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival, will take place in Hanoi on January 14, with about 3,000 people taking part, including 1,000 OVs.