VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City received approximately US$6.8 billion in remittances last year, marking only a slight decrease compared to 2021 and accounting for 48% of foreign currency deposits at its credit institutions.

VOV.VN - Labour export has recovered strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 143,000 workers sent abroad to work in 2022, more than 3 times the figure recorded in 2021.

VOV.VN - The administration of Ho Chi Minh City held a get-together on January 6 to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, for approximately 1,600 overseas Vietnamese returning home from all over the world.

The Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has kept its forecast for Vietnam's GDP growth in 2023 unchanged at 6.6% in line with the official forecast of 6.5%, although growth momentum is likely to be weaker.

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.

VOV.VN - Homeland Spring, an annual programme for Vietnamese expatriates ahead of the lunar New Year holiday, is scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on January 14, with the participation of approximately 3,000 delegates.

VOV.VN - Despite the current growth rate of overseas remittances to Vietnam being lower than last year, the total amount of remittances to the country is projected to grow by 4.4% this year before increasing by between 3.6% and 4.5% in 2023, according to international organizations.

VOV.VN - The Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) has unveiled plans to begin receiving applications for the recruitment of nurses and orderlies to work in Japan, with this scheme being under the terms of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

VOV.VN - Both Vietnamese and Jordanian diplomats have expressed a belief that based on the sound friendship, co-operation, and potential, mutual relations between the two nations will develop in an increasingly effective manner moving forward.

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