Society

Nghe An acknowledges expatriates’ devotion to local growth

Authorities of Nghe An province met on February 2 with Vietnamese expatriates who returned home to the central locality to celebrate the Lunar New Year, appreciating their contribution to local development.
Nghe An acknowledges expatriates’ devotion to local growth ảnh 1Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh speaks at the meeting with overseas Nghe An people on February 2 (Photo: VNA)

Nghe An (VNA) – Authorities of Nghe An provincemet on February 2 with Vietnamese expatriates who returned home to the centrallocality to celebrate the Lunar New Year, appreciating their contribution tolocal development.

Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteeNguyen Dac Vinh said the authorities consider overseas Nghe An people anintegral part of the province, a major boost to socio-economic development, andan important factor helping to tighten Nghe An’s friendship with foreignlocalities.

He pledged the best possible conditions forexpatriates to return to the province to invest and live. Nghe An is overhaulingpolicies regarding overseas Vietnamese to call for their support.

It hopes that expatriates will remain united,uphold Vietnam’s cultural identities and never forget their Vietnamese origin,he said, voicing the belief that they will keep contributing to Nghe An’sdevelopment and connect the province with other countries.

More than 55,000 people from Nghe An work abroad,accounting for a large portion of total Vietnamese workers abroad.

Overseas remittances sent by expatriates whosehometown is Nghe An exceeded 445 million USD in 2016, making this province oneof the biggest sources of remittances in Vietnam.

The province currently houses 11 projects withregistered capital of nearly 7.9 trillion VND (349 million USD) invested byoverseas Nghe An people.-VNA
VNA
#Vietnamese expatriates#overseas Nghe An people#overseas Vietnamese
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Art programme welcomes OVs to homeland spring

Art programme welcomes OVs to homeland spring

A special art programme was held at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Palace in Ho Chi Minh City on late January 20 to welcome overseas Vietnamese (OVs) returning to enjoy the homeland spring.

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

ASEAN’s goods, culinary culture promoted in Europe

The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) launched an "ASEAN Food Corner" on October 22, aiming to promote the culinary culture and introduce goods from ASEAN countries to consumers in the Czech Republic and Europe at large.

If the plan is approved, public employees will enjoy a continuous 9-day Tet break from January 25 to February 2 next year. (Photo: VNA)

2025 Lunar New Year holiday plan submitted to PM

The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs on October 22 submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister regarding the schedule for the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s largest traditional celebration – and other national holidays.

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang continues to take firm stand against IUU fishing

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).

Yen Bai city in the northern province of Yen Bai is severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam receives EU’s humanitarian aid for Typhoon Yagi victims

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received humanitarian response and early recovery support from the European Union and its member states through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)' Emergency Appeal to assist the Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floodings.

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France (Photo: VNA)

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

At the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between Bac Lieu and Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period. (Photo: VNA)

Bac Lieu, Korean locality sign labour cooperation agreement

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

(Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang strives to reduce poverty rate to 0.87% this year

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees at all levels in the southern province of Tien Giang have collaborated with agencies and organisations to speed up social security programmes, aiming to reduce the province's poverty rate to 0.87% this year, said Vice President of the provincial VFF Committee Huynh Van Hai.

The Chinese sailor is rushed to FV (Franco-Vietnamese) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment as soon as he is brought to the shore. (Photo: VNA)

Chinese sick sailor on vessel AMIS STAR provided with first aid

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.

At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang and UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam respects right to freedom of belief, religion: official

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang highlighted Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion for all people, while meeting with UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif in his recent trip to Switzerland.