VOV.VN - Politburo member Do Van Chien, 62, was re-elected president of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee for the 2024-2029 term at the 10th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in Hanoi on October 18.

Remittances sent by overseas Vietnamese to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to surge about 10% in 2024 from a record high of US$9.46 billion in 2023, according to Nguyen Duc Lenh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Ho Chi Minh City Branch.

VOV.VN - The welcome gate of Vietnam Town Nakhon Phanom was unveiled at a ceremony held in Nakhon Phanom province, northern Thailand, on October 10, attracting the participation of around 1,000 overseas Vietnamese.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s overseas investment reached more than US$189.6 million during the past nine months of the year, down 54.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Over the past few days, Vietnamese embassies and communities in Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan and Tanzania have launched donation drives to raise funds for people affected by typhoon Yagi at home.

Vietnamese people in Japan and Canada have provided support to people at home who were affected by Typhoon Yagi.

The Vietnamese community in Russia has raised over VND2 billion (US$81,433) to support people suffering damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in the home country during just one week after launching a donation campaign.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe and the Vietnamese Association in the European nation, has organised a relief mission to three regions severely affected by the country’s worst floods in the past ten decades.

Overseas Vietnamese (OV) communities in China’s Hong Kong and Macau have actively responded to fundraising campaigns to support those suffering significant damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in Vietnam.

The liaison board of the Vietnamese community in Singapore organised a Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, at the Vietnamese embassy in the island-city state on September 15.