VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the United States hosted an online programme on January 22 specifically for overseas Vietnamese and international friends to welcome the Year of the Tiger.
VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and outstanding Vietnamese expatriates on January 22 offered incense at Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel to pay their respect to Vietnamese ancestors and pray for peace and prosperity in the new lunar year.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on January 22 hosted a meeting with representatives of Vietnamese expatriate communities abroad to honour their contributions to the country, including in the ongoing COVID-19 fight.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given in-principle approval that favourable entry procedures will be created for foreigners, and overseas Vietnamese and their relatives.
“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) Programme 2022, the biggest annual event held for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival, will be held on January 22, or the 20th day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Buffalo.
The Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese (Invesfov) was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 14.
Overseas Vietnamese with great contributions to the relief and fund-raising activities for Lao people suffering from natural disasters and diseases were honoured at a ceremony at Phat Tich pagoda in Vientiane on January 12.
In the run-up to Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest traditional festival of Vietnam, the inflow of remittances sent by overseas Vietnamese to the homeland has been on the rise, fueled further by local banks’ preferential programmes.
VOV.VN - The “Xuan Que Huong” (Home Spring) programme 2022, an annual event for Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the lead up to traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations is scheduled to take place on January 22.
VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) will strive to promote great national unity among overseas Vietnamese and bring into full play their wide range of resources for the cause of national development, says Pham Quang Hieu, chairman of COVA.