overseas Vietnamese

A delegation from the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) led by its Vice President Nguyen Thi Minh Huong paid a working visit to France from May 30 to June 1.

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is striving to achieve an annual growth rate of at least 10 percent in the inflow of remittances during the 2023-2025 period and maintains this rate in 2025-2030.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach US$7 billion in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

In the past five years, overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City have consistently maintained a relatively high growth rate and accounted for the largest share in the country, playing a crucial role in the city's economic development.

The new versions in seven foreign languages of the book “Theory and Practice of Socialism in Vietnam” by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong made debut at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 19.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has just hosted a launching ceremony to call for organizations and individuals to donate donate "great unity" houses for poor households in Dien Bien Province.

State President Vo Van Thuong met with representatives of the Vietnamese expat community in the UK on May 4, upon his arrival in London in a trip to attend the coronation of King Charles III at the invitation of the Royal Family of the UK.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan held separate working sessions with leaders of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA).

Vietnamese agricultural products are being sold a lot in commercial centers, supermarkets, and convenience stores in the country and exported to European countries, the US, and Japan.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai hosted a reception on April 26 for Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Switzerland and former Vice Chancellor of Germany Philipp Rosler.

Regarding the case of four flight attendants of Vietnam Airlines transporting drugs from France to Tan Son Nhat Airport, Ho Chi Minh City's Investigative Police Agency announced that they had initiated 22 cases and charged 65 defendants.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada on April 23 hosted a ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nations.

Deputy Head of the HCMC's Committee of Overseas Vietnamese Tran Duc Hien said that Ho Chi Minh City needs young human resources with extensive professional knowledge, good foreign language skills and practical work experience.

The amount of remittances flowing to Ho Chi Minh City is on track to reach US$2.119 billion for the first quarter of 2023.

On the occasion of the Hung Kings Temple Festival, Vietnamese communities, agencies, and organisations in countries across the world will celebrate the “Vietnam Ancestral Global Day” (VAGD).

President Vo Van Thuong handed over a decision appointing Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu as Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Marshall Islands, during a ceremony held on April 18.

The program "For a Green Truong Sa (Spratly islands)" was launched at a seminar held by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on April 17.

The deepest impression with which Helen Ngo leaves the Belgian community is her enthusiasm in social activities, especially those to help her compatriots.

President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and representatives of the Vietnamese businesses and community there in Vientiane on April 11 as part of his official visit to the neighbouring country.

A delegation of former political prisoners and prisoners of war from Ho Chi Minh City this morning visited and laid flowers at President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum in the capital city of Hanoi.