New TV programme honours outstanding Vietnamese persons, achievements
The Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese in collaboration with VTV’s External Television Department on May 16 announced a new TV programme "Dau an Viet Nam" (Vietnam Impressions) featuring outstanding Vietnamese persons and promoting Vietnamese images to friends all over the world.
The Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese in collaboration with VTV’s External Television Department on May 16 announce a new TV programme "Dau an Viet Nam" (Vietnam Impressions). (Photo:nhandan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA)🍎 – The Association for Liaison with OverseasVietnamese in collaboration with VTV’s ExternalTelevision Department on May 16 announced a new TV programme "Dau an VietNam" (Vietnam Impressions) featuring outstanding Vietnamese persons andpromoting Vietnamese images to friends all over the world.
The programme airs from May 2023 to January 2025 on VTV4 channel. The first issue is about President Ho Chi Minh and will be broadcast on May 19 to celebrate the late leader's 133rd birthday(May 19). The programme producers said that the 7-minute programme will beabout historical figures, outstanding Vietnamese persons who are the pride ofVietnam at home and abroad, scientific achievements, or products associatedwith Vietnamese brands in different fields, including culture, economy, society,education, technology, and science. Speaking at the announcement ceremony on May 16, Mai Phan Dung,Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasised thatthe programme will help hounor Vietnamese values in the country’s developmentprocess, encouraging national pride, exciting patriotism, and improvingVietnamese language ability, especially for young overseas Vietnamese. Nguyen Phu Binh, Chairmanof the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese, said that with about5.3 million people, the Vietnamese community abroad plays a very important rolein national development. Therefore, the Party, State, and Government always paygreat attention to overseas Vietnamese. Measures are needed to help theoverseas Vietnamese community preserve and develop the national culturalidentity and traditions, wherever they are. The programme “Dau an Viet Nam” will be one of the importantchannels to help overseas Vietnamese update information quickly and accurately.As a result, they can better understand the development situation of thecountry, seize opportunities for cooperation and development, and act as bridges connecting Vietnam with the world./.
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The Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese in collaboration with VTV’s External Television Department on May 16 announce a new TV programme "Dau an Viet Nam" (Vietnam Impressions). (Photo:nhandan.vn) 
