Many OVs have returned home to do business, especially in major cities and provinces like Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, and Can Tho.

As many as 200 delegates representing overseas Vietnamese from 28 countries gathered at a conference in the central province of Nghe An on December 27 to discuss connections between them and localities in the homeland.

Most of their investment projects focus on the fields of processing, manufacturing, trade, tourism, construction, goods production for exports, cultivation, and software technology, contributing to job generation and vocational training in localities.

Apart from implementing investment projects, OV businesses have become a bridge to connect Vietnam with other countries and territories. A lot of OV entrepreneurs have brought Vietnamese goods to foreign markets.

Tran Dang Hue, a member of the Vietnamese business association in Sydney, shared experience to link Vietnamese firms with the Australian market and vice versa.

He said many OVs are settling and working for major groups and companies as well as governmental agencies in Australia. They play the role as a bridge in promoting trade between Vietnam and Australia, he added.

Hue suggested the Government put forth more preferential policies for trade and investment cooperation between the two countries’ businesses.

Localities should regularly hold meetings to introduce their potential and key projects while setting up connections with prestigious trade and investment promotion individuals and companies in Australia.

Dinh Kim Nguyet, chairwoman of the Vietnamese people association in Vancouver, Canada, shared experience in attracting international tourists.

She suggested building cultural tourism villages and developing tourism in seaport areas.

Le Ngoc Thach, an OV from Canada, said with abundant natural resources and flexible investment policies, Nghe An has been drawing a large number of domestic and foreign projects.

However, to go further, the province should pay attention to developing hi-tech agriculture in aquaculture and organic agriculture.

On the occasion, the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese introduced to public its chapter in the north central and central coastal region.

There are approximately 4.5 million Vietnamese living and working in over 110 countries and territories worldwide.

Events arranged for overseas Vietnamese at home

A series of big events are scheduled for Vietnamese expatriates visiting their homeland later this month and in January, according to Luong Thanh Nghi, deputy head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

 

Outstanding overseas Vietnamese in Japan honored

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a ceremony on December 10 to honor Chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Japan Tran Ngoc Phuc and Professor Tran Van Tho who had received the host country’s noble awards.

 

PM urges further support for overseas Vietnamese

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has wished that the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese (OV) would offer more support to Vietnamese nationals abroad so that they can better contribute to national development at home.

 

Over 1,100 job positions offered for overseas laborers returning from ROK, Japan

Nearly 1,160 working positions with high incomes are being offered to Vietnamese overseas laborers who have returned home after completing their contracts in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan.

 

Vietnam’s overseas investment reaches 331 million USD in 9 months

Vietnamese businesses injected 331 million USD into 122 projects abroad in the first nine months of this year, the Foreign Investment Agency reported. 

 

Source: VNA