HCM City to host Homeland Spring programme for OVs
The annual “Xuan Que Huong” programme will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20 with a variety of cultural activities to welcome overseas Vietnamese (OVs) back for the Lunar New Year festival.
Hanoi (VNA) – Theannual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme will take place in Ho ChiMinh City on January 20 with a variety of cultural activities to welcome overseasVietnamese (OVs) back for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Co-organised by the StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, the Foreign Ministry and themunicipal authorities, the event will include an incense offering ceremony, carpreleasing and a get-together.
A highlight of the event will bean art performance live broadcast on the Vietnam Television and Ho Chi MinhCity Television channels, during which, President Tran Dai Quang and manysenior Party and State leaders will extend New Year wishes to OVs.
OVs interested in the programme couldcontact the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs in both Hanoi andHo Chi Minh City, or Vietnamese representative missions abroad, forregistration.
There are approximately 4.5million Vietnamese living and working in 103 countries and territories. Theyform an indispensable part of the nation and play an important role inintensifying friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the rest of theworld.-VNA
State President Truong Tan Sang has praised overseas Vietnamese (OVs) throughout the world for their significant contributions to socio-economic development and charitable activities in the homeland.
The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme this year will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City on February 7-8 with various traditional cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese who are to enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in Vietnam.
Nearly 700 overseas Vietnamese from different countries and territories gathered on Februray 8 at Ho Chi Minh City's Nha Rong Wharf to join this year's Homeland Spring programme.
The annual “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, will take place in Hanoi on January 31 with various cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs).
The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, was held in Hanoi on January 31with a string of cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs).
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A corner of Ho Chi Minh City (Source: VNA) 
