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.

Vietnamese in many countries around the world continue to make donations to support typhoon victims in the homeland, in response to the appeal of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane, Laos, launched a donation campaign on September 10 to support people in northern provinces of Vietnam and Laos that were hard hit by super typhoon Yagi.

Cadres from the Embassy and other agencies of Vietnam in Singapore, along with representatives of the Vietnamese community there laid flowers in tribute to the late leader at his statue at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) on September 1-2 to mark the 79th National Day and 55 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's testament.