Always create conditions for overseas Vietnamese to return and invest in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of February 12, in Vinh City, a meeting took place for overseas Vietnamese from Nghe An returning to their homeland to celebrate the Spring of Binh Than 2016. This is an annual event organized for the second time by the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province on the occasion of the beginning of the new year.

Attending the meeting, on the Central leadership side, there were comrades: Nguyen The Ky - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Le Doan Hop - Former Member of the Party Central Committee, Former Minister of Information and Communications.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, leaders of the People's Council, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors, and more than 300 delegates who are Nghe An people living, studying and working in all over the world, returning to their homeland to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2016.

Before the meeting, the delegation held a flower offering ceremony at Uncle Ho's statue at Ho Chi Minh Square.

The delegation respectfully paid respects before the statue of Uncle Ho.

Central leaders, provincial leaders and representatives of overseas Vietnamese in Nghe An offered flowers to his soul at Ho Chi Minh Square.

During a moment of silence to commemorate Uncle Ho's great contributions, the delegates pledged to continue building and expanding national unity and preserving the identity of Nghe An people.

Before his spirit, the delegates promised to continue to uphold the spirit of national pride and self-respect, preserve the cultural identity and traditions of the Vietnamese people, always unite, love and help each other, maintain close relationships with family and homeland, contribute to expanding the great national unity bloc, and strive to successfully carry out the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

Overview of the meeting.

Nghe An is a province with a large number of overseas Vietnamese with more than 55,000 people. Nghe An workers abroad account for a large proportion of the total number of overseas workers in Vietnam.

In 2015, the whole province had about 13,000 people going abroad to work, the highest in the country, not only that, but also the huge resources of intellectuals, businessmen, and international students from Nghe An from all over the world.

Central and provincial leaders attended the meeting.

Many overseas Vietnamese returning home for Tet also attended the annual event organized by the province for the second time.

Currently, in the province, there are about 10 projects invested by Nghe An entrepreneurs/enterprises abroad with a total registered capital of about 7,000 billion VND. The projects of overseas Vietnamese have created jobs for local workers, contributing to the structural shift and overall socio-economic development of the whole province.

The Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province always respect and appreciate the valuable contributions and sincere feelings of overseas Vietnamese for their homeland.

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council introduced the meaning of the gift for overseas Vietnamese, the "wooden fish" statue - an image that has always been associated with the people of Nghe An.

Comrade Le Doan Hop - Former member of the Party Central Committee, Former Minister of Information and Communications hopes that the province will have more preferential policies for overseas Vietnamese in Nghe An to return to invest in developing their homeland.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee informed overseas Vietnamese about the positive changes and remarkable results in the province's socio-economic development in 2015.

Speaking at the meeting, on behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council affirmed that he always respects and appreciates the sincere feelings and valuable contributions of overseas Vietnamese to their homeland over the past time.

In order for the province to develop further and become a prosperous province in the North Central region, the Provincial Party Secretary hopes that overseas Vietnamese will continue to strengthen solidarity, always turn to their roots, and contribute to building their homeland to become increasingly strong and developed.

He emphasized that the province always stands side by side with overseas Vietnamese, promoting the great resources of the Nghe An community abroad in the cause of local socio-economic development, creating all conditions for them to return to invest, do business and live in their homeland.

On this occasion, the province also awarded certificates of merit and flowers to congratulate groups and individuals who have made many contributions to the province's foreign affairs activities in recent times.

Provincial leaders took souvenir photos with groups and individuals honored to receive certificates of merit.

On this occasion, the province awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in Nghe An's foreign affairs activities abroad, and in the construction of the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Ulyanovsk City, Russia.

Special performances, imbued with the homeland's identity at the meeting.

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Canh Nam - Thu Giang