Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 30 held a reception for a delegation from the Overseas Vietnamese (OV) community, who returned home to attend the “Xuan que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will create the best possible conditions for overseas Vietnamese investors to run long-term business in the capital city, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hong Son.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Hong Nam, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, spoke to Dai Doan Ket (Great National Unity) newspaper about the role of Overseas Vietnamese.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A telephone call from the Vietnam Consulate in San Francisco offered an invitation that surprised Ms. Phung Tue Chau, the owner of Tieng Que Huong Radio.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Of 1,800 participants at the 9th National Patriotic Emulation Congress in Hanoi, there were 15 representatives of the community of overseas Vietnamese, who came from 14 countries and territories.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government of Vietnam has told relevant ministries and agencies to weigh granting visa exemptions to tourists from almost all countries after some European nations have got such unilateral treatment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The overseas ownership of Vietnam was back in the headlines this past week with the release of a tourism report showing that the industry is finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese who want to buy a home in Vietnam are concerned regarding the sheer volume of evidence they must furnish to prove that they are in fact of Vietnamese heritage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is expected to issue a decree guiding the implementation of the 2014 Housing Law soon to make it easy for foreigners, particularly overseas Vietnamese, to own houses in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An American Vietnamese educational expert, Tran Duc Canh, talks with Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) about the potential of overseas Vietnamese professionals to contribute to Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many of Da Nang University’s lecturers sent abroad for training courses have not returned as promised. Six lecturers have been dismissed.

The real estate market, especially the high-end segment, has seen a revival and is likely to develop strongly from here thanks to the amendments to the Housing Law that permits foreigners and overseas Vietnamese to buy housing

 VietNamNet Bridge –Young overseas Vietnamese will return to Viet Nam to compete in the Sao Mai Television Singing Competition from July 26 to August 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An overseas Vietnamese, who is well-known in Viet Nam for creating a submarine named Yet Kieu, has received an order from a Thai company to manufacture 300 tourism submarines,

Travellers around the world can enjoy Vietnamese "Pho" Rice Noodle Soup at a number of restaurants run by overseas Vietnamese in many countries including the US, Switzerland, Australia, and the Republic of Korea.

By the tens of thousands they immigrated to the United States, which had more than 1.5 million citizens of Vietnamese origin in a 2010 census. Others resettled in Australia, Canada, Britain and France. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Four decades since the Vietnam War ended, despite living in different circumstances, overseas Vietnamese share the love for their motherland,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Military Cinema Studio produced a new documentary celebrating the nation's unification in 1975.

 The 65,000-strong Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic stay calm after the February 24 shooting incident in Zlin province’s Uhersky Brod town that killed nine people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wants to strengthen links with overseas Vietnamese to boost the agricultural sector and improve farmers' lives.