President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat the drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest annual event for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the (Tet) Lunar New Year festival, at an art programme in Hanoi on January 14.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beats the drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring). (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beatthe drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggestannual event for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the (Tet) LunarNew Year festival, at an art programme in Hanoi on January 14.
The art programme was jointly held by the StateCommittee for OV Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the HanoiPeople’s Committee.
In his remarks, the President briefed the OVs on the country’ssocio-economic situation in 2022, and affirmed that Vietnamese abroad form an integralpart of the nation and an important factor helping to enhance cooperation andfriendship between Vietnam and other countries, which has been stated in thePolitburo’s Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW.
He hailed OVs for their material and spiritualcontributions to national construction and defence, saying they raised tens ofbillions of Vietnam dong in support of the COVID-19 fight as well as victims ofnatural disasters at home.
An art performance at the programme on January 14 (Photo: VNA)
They have also played a role in the country’s externalrelations, he said, highlighting the increasing remittances which make up 7% ofthe national GDP, and contributions by overseas Vietnamese intellectuals to scientific-technologicaland innovative activities in the homeland.
Over the past years, the State has rolled out variouspolicies to support OVs in conflict-affected areas in the world and worked to raisetheir legal status in host countries, Phuc stressed.
He called on them to carry forward their patriotism,for a prosperous and powerful Vietnam.
More than 3,000 representatives from the Party, State,ministries, agencies and localities, and OVs will join the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong”./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beats the drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring). (Photo: VNA) 
An art performance at the programme on January 14 (Photo: VNA) 
