Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Thị Thu Hằng, chairwoman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, talks to Vietnam News Agency, giving a general assessment of overseas Vietnamese resources and key tasks to promote this great resource for the country's development. About 10-12 per cent of the nearly six million overseas Vietnamese, roughly 600,000 people, hold university degrees or higher. Representative overseas Vietnamese delegations regularly visit Trường Sa Island, organised by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs since 2012, attracting special attention and enthusiastic participation from the community. Secondly, emphasis will be placed on enhancing research and synthesising information about the situation of overseas Vietnamese resources. Fourthly, projects related to overseas Vietnamese affairs will be continued, including the projects: building overseas Vietnamese database; mobilising overseas Vietnamese to introduce, consume Vietnamese products, and develop distribution channels for Vietnamese goods abroad, in the 2020-24 period; and honouring the Vietnamese Language in the overseas Vietnamese community in 2023-30 period.

Source: Viet Nam News December 13, 2023 14:50 UTC