Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: The Government will have solutions to make 'the way home closer'

Homeland Spring is an annual event organized by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese every Tet holiday. Overseas Vietnamese will participate in many events such as incense offering and releasing carp according to traditional customs, gathering to celebrate Spring...

Speaking at the meeting, representatives of overseas Vietnamese were delighted with the country's great achievements. Vietnam has safely adapted, effectively controlled the Covid-19 pandemic and recovered and developed the economy. The increasingly enhanced national position is an honor and a great source of encouragement and motivation for overseas Vietnamese to confidently invest, develop the economy, enrich their families as well as contribute more to their homeland, country and host country.

There are currently more than 5.3 million Vietnamese people living, working and studying in more than 130 countries and territories. With creativity and enthusiasm, organizations, networks of Vietnamese entrepreneurs, intellectuals, youth and students abroad have made efforts to connect with the country, cooperate to deploy and successfully implement dual goals, contributing to the country's socio-economic development.

Ms. Nguyen Thuy Anh - PhD from University of California Davis, an expert in the field of environment, expressed her honor to attend the Spring Homeland program for the first time.

"Each person can have many choices of where to live, study, work, but the roots and homeland are only one, so patriotism and national pride are always in the heart of every Vietnamese person. Just need to arouse and create conditions, patriotism will become a great resource to develop the country", Ms. Thuy Anh shared.

She hopes that in the future, the Party, State and Government will continue to organize programs similar to Xuan Que Huong to create opportunities for overseas Vietnamese and young scientists to contribute to the country.

Appreciate the statement and commitment ofPrime ministerAt the COP26 Conference (UK) on climate change response, Dr. Thuy Anh said that the commitment to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050 and the commitment to reduce 50% of methane and greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 by Vietnamese leaders inspired her to want to join and contribute to the Government to realize this goal.

Wishing to connect with Korean associations investing in Vietnam, conducting charity activities, and developing social security, Venerable Thich Nu Gioi Tanh said that the Vietnamese Buddhist Cultural Center in Korea is a "common home" to take care of the spiritual life of those living far away from home; connecting and encouraging the spirit of overseas Vietnamese living far from their homeland.

Nun Thich Nu Gioi Tanh shared that in recent times, overseas Vietnamese in Korea in particular, and all over the world in general, have always turned to their homeland and country with practical and effective actions, together with the Party and State, actively supporting people's welfare and preventing and fighting epidemics.

One of the associations that has developed strongly in recent times is the Czech Republic. Ms. Pham Thu Thuy - President of the Vietnamese Women's Association in the Czech Republic said that although there are only about 100,000 overseas Vietnamese, the activities of overseas Vietnamese in the Czech Republic are always directed towards the country, and are considered one of the countries with the most active, united and unified overseas Vietnamese.

The Association has gathered the majority of people with activities to support business, economic integration, integration with the host country, preserving national roots, and looking towards the homeland.

Responding to the call of the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front, in just 4 days of the festival, 500,000 million VND was raised to support the Vaccine Fund, becoming the first overseas Vietnamese group to support; a total of 4 billion VND was donated in the entire epidemic prevention movement. Regarding vaccine diplomacy, overseas Vietnamese mobilized the Czech Government to support Vietnam with more than 200,000 doses of vaccine, creating a ripple effect.

Vietnamese roots are always present in every heart

Speaking at the meeting, the Prime Minister expressed his joy at welcoming overseas Vietnamese back to visit the Fatherland. Having lived, studied and worked abroad, far from home, the Prime Minister understands the feelings of Vietnamese people when Tet comes, Spring comes, and when the country has events.

The Prime Minister shared: "When far away from the Fatherland, I always think of the call of my homeland, the call of my parents, the call of memories, of simple meals, of the sound of cicadas, of crickets, of village roads, of street corners, of beloved houses, of hardships and difficulties during the war, when the country was still poor, of contributions and dedication to the homeland... guiding us back to our homeland, to our country.

Those are memories that live forever and are passed down from generation to generation of our compatriots living and working far from the Fatherland."

The origin of Vietnam always exists in the heart of every Vietnamese person, no matter where they are on this earth, "Each person has only one homeland/ Just like only one mother".

Each of us looks forward to the day we can return to burn incense before our ancestors, gather with family and friends, and look back at familiar images that are deeply imprinted in the thoughts and actions of those far from home and the Fatherland.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, the Prime Minister sends his warm regards, warm greetings and best wishes to all overseas Vietnamese.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the overseas Vietnamese present here today are much luckier and happier than many compatriots who have not been able to return home due to the impact of the pandemic. The Party and the State understand, share and always take responsibility to make the "road home closer", to make the homeland truly "a cluster of sweet star fruit"; a home, a place where all traditional values, intelligence, heart, aspirations, respect for differences... are gathered to build a strong and prosperous country, so that we can be proud to be Vietnamese on the world map.

The Party and State have always paid attention to and encouraged other countries to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese people to live and prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic; organized many rescue flights and commercial flights to bring more than 200,000 Vietnamese people home over the past two years.

The Prime Minister affirmed that the country's important achievements were thanks to the timely and effective leadership and direction of the Party and State and the drastic participation of the entire political system.

Expressing gratitude for the contributions of overseas Vietnamese, the head of the Government said that their great contributions are not only reflected in more than 80 billion VND and thousands of ventilators, tens of thousands of doses of vaccines and many other medical equipment, but also in the contribution of knowledge and experience, demonstrating creativity and advising the Government in both preventing and fighting the epidemic and effectively recovering and developing the socio-economy.

"In particular, some of our compatriots abroad have put aside their work and life abroad to return to Vietnam, volunteered to participate in the front line of the fight against the epidemic and done many things of great humanitarian significance...", the Prime Minister emphasized.

To continue the achievements in 2021 and strive for the goals set for 2022, the Prime Minister said that it is necessary to promote the combined strength and the strength of national solidarity, in which the contributions, sharing, and active participation of overseas Vietnamese are very important resources.

The Government will have solutions to realize the goal of “Closer Road Home”. The Government and the Prime Minister resolutely direct ministries, branches and agencies to continue to propose comprehensive solutions to care for and support people, especially in difficult areas, creating favorable conditions for people to have a solid legal status, stabilize their lives and integrate into the host society.

The Government continues to improve the effectiveness of citizen protection, labor and student management, encourage agencies and associations to organize Vietnamese language teaching abroad, strengthen connections between Vietnamese individuals and organizations abroad and in the country to contribute to national development and fulfill responsibilities to the international community.

The Party and State will continue to improve and develop policies to mobilize resources, listen, and create a favorable environment for overseas Vietnamese to contribute their intelligence, attract brainpower, and aspirations to develop the country.

In the immediate future, the Government will continue to work with other countries to soon reopen more commercial flights, making it easier for people to return home; continue to request airlines to expand flights to many places in the world, to many localities of other countries to make travel easier. Regarding the opinions and recommendations of the people, the Government will pay attention and consider resolving them.

With the spirit that overseas Vietnamese “are an inseparable part of the Vietnamese ethnic community”, the Prime Minister requested relevant ministries, branches and agencies to continue to seriously, effectively, comprehensively and more strongly implement the work of overseas Vietnamese.