VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 4 hailed overseas Vietnamese’s significant contributions to the fatherland and encouraged the expatriates to help promote the friendship and cooperation between their host countries and Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese overseas investment during the past 10 months of the year surged by 35.1% to reach US$646 million compared to the same period from last year, according to figures recently released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The annual ICI Vietnam Festival, the fourth of its kind, recently took place in Paris, introducing films by young overseas Vietnamese directors to the public.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) launched its portal at https://scov.gov.vn at an online ceremony held in Hanoi on October 23.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on October 20 signed a US$75 million loan agreement with the Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VP Bank) to promote financial access among women-led enterprises through the Private Sector Investment and Finance (PSIF).

The flow of overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached US$5.1 billion in the first nine months of 2021, up 22% year on year, the State Bank of Vietnam’s Branch in the city has reported.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) are viewed an important resource for national development and safeguarding, and young expatriates have proved to be an important part of innovation promotion in the homeland.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 14 asked newly accredited Vietnamese ambassadors abroad to promote the country’s ongoing vaccine diplomacy to get more resources for the COVID-19 fight and economic recovery.

A webinar was held in Hanoi on October 13 to discuss measures to further promote overseas Vietnamese’s role in the consumption and popularisation of Vietnamese goods abroad.

Responding to the call from Vietnamese Party and State leaders, overseas Vietnamese around the world as well as international friends and organisations have given valuable moral, material and brainpower support to COVID-19 fight in Vietnam, particularly to the country's goal of vaccine coverage.