Over the past year, the Overseas Vietnamese Committee of Ho Chi Minh City coordinated with relevant agencies and units to consult the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on activities and policies related to Vietnamese people living abroad as well as complete the tasks according to the 2024 work program and plan, including the project “Effective policies to use remittances in Ho Chi Minh City until 2030”.
Additionally, the Overseas Vietnamese Committee of Ho Chi Minh City coordinated with departments and units to consult the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on organizing various activities smoothly and effectively, attracting increasing participation from the overseas Vietnamese community through programs, conferences and seminars.
On behalf of Ho Chi Minh City's leadership, Ha Phuoc Thang, Deputy Head of the delegation of Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly (NA) deputies praised achievements of the committee in 2024.
He suggested that in the coming time, the committee should reorganize its structure for more efficient operations.
At the summary conference, he provided information related to key projects and policies of the country and Ho Chi Minh City, including the high-speed railway project, restarting the nuclear power project in Ninh Thuan, an international transit port, urban railway projects, the international financial center in the city.
Along with that, the Overseas Vietnamese Committee of Ho Chi Minh City will continue to play a role as bridge to promote the intelligence and sentiment of overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and entrepreneurs, thereby contributing to the city's development.
As disclosed by Chairwoman of the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City Vu Thi Huynh Mai, in 2025, the committee will focus on activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day and other major holidays, beyond the events for honoring and recognizing the contributions of overseas Vietnamese to the development of Ho Chi Minh City.
Moreover, the committee will continue consulting the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on establishing an advisory group for remittance resource development, the association of remittance service providers and the assistance center for overseas Vietnamese and their relatives; complete the development of a software for the data of overseas Vietnamese residing in Ho Chi Minh City; send delegations to visit overseas Vietnamese communities in other countries and participate in cultural art exchange tours, charity trips and so on.
Through the efforts, the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City hopes to call for the cooperation and contributions from the overseas Vietnamese community in building, protecting and developing Ho Chi Minh City and the country.
