The event drew 50 delegates representing for 4.5 million overseas Vietnamese (OVs) living across the world.

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 State President Tran Dai Quang addressing the event

At the event, President Tran Dai Quang praised the contributions of Ovs community to the national achievements over the past year. He affirmed that the Party and State always consider OVs as an inseparable part of the nation and welcome them back to the home country to engage in national development.

For their part, representatives of OVs said that Vietnamese living abroad have always turned their thought to the homeland and strived to preserve national culture and the mother tounge of Vietnam . They have also actively mobilized resources to contribute to the national construction in the home country.

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 his Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.

The President and the delegates also released carps at Nha Rong Wharf on the traditional Kitchen God Day ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Translated by Song Anh