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Jan 22, 2017 / 10:33

President receives 50 overseas Vietnamese delegates at 2017 Homeland Spring programme

President Tran Dai Quang had a meeting at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in HCM City on January 20 with 50 overseas Vietnamese delegates who participate in the 2017 Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) event.

 
President Tran Dai Quang meets with overseas Vietnamese delegates.
President Tran Dai Quang meets with overseas Vietnamese delegates.
Attending the meeting were Secretary of the Party Committee of HCM City Dinh La Thang; Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Vu Hong Nam.
The delegates represent 4.5 million Vietnamese living across the world at the 2017 Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) event in Ho Chi Minh City. 
At the meeting, the delegates said Vietnamese living abroad always thinks 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.
Speaking at the event, President Quang appreciated the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the HCM City People’s Committee for organising the Xuan Que Huong programme and many activities to welcome the Overseas Vietnamese back home for the traditional Lunar New Year.
President Quang released carps at the Nha Rong wharf in observance of the Kitchen God Day.
President Quang released carps at the Nha Rong wharf in observance of the Kitchen God Day.
The State President affirmed the Party and State always consider OVs as an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation and welcome them back to the home country to engage in national development.
President Quang hailed the contributions of Overseas Vietnamese towards the country’s achievements.
The same day, President 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 and the delegates also released carps at the Ben Nha Rong wharf in observing the traditional Kitchen God Day ahead of the Lunar New Year.