President Tran Dai Quang praises contributions made by overseas Vietnamese

President Tran Dai Quang praised the contributions of Overseas Vietnamese towards the country’s achievements at a meeting on January 20 with 50 overseas Vietnamese delegates.

President Quang released carps at the Nha Rong wharf in observance of the Kitchen God Day.

The delegates are here to represent the 4.5 million Vietnamese living throughout the world at the 2017 Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) event in Ho Chi Minh City.

The President appreciated the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the HCM City People’s Committee for organising the Xuan Que Huong programme in addition to activities to welcome the overseas Vietnamese back home for the traditional Lunar New Year.

He affirmed that the Party and State always consider Vietnamese living abroad as an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation and welcome them back to the home country to engage in national development.

The delegates said that while living abroad they always think of the homeland and strive to preserve national culture via opening classes to teach the Vietnamese language. They have also actively worked to mobilise resources to contribute to the homeland’s construction.

The same day, President Tran Dai Quang and the delegates offered incense to the Hung Kings, the nation’s founders, at the Hung Kings memorial site in the National Historic-Cultural Park, and to President Ho Chi Minh, the national liberation hero, at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in HCM City.

The President joined the delegates in releasing carps at the Nha Rong wharf in observance of the traditional Kitchen God Day ahead of the Lunar New Year.

(Source: NDO)