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Clear step forward in Party’s thinking on overseas Vietnamese affairs

The first is to elevate awareness of the position and role of the Vietnamese community abroad, he said. The resolution reaffirms that overseas Vietnamese are an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation, while identifying them as one of the country’s important strategic resources, a bridge connecting Vietnam with the world, and partners directly contributing to national construction, development and defence.

Value of Party documents must be measured by ability to solve practical problems: Top leader

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam has stressed that the value of the Party's resolutions and directives must be measured by their ability to address practical problems and bring about changes that people can see and feel.

Vietnamese youth camp in Europe promotes connections among Vietnamese abroad

Beyond providing a platform for networking and cultural exchange, the camp offers a multidimensional academic and cultural space that strengthens community bonds, nurtures national pride and raises young people’s sense of responsibility towards their homeland amid globalisation and the international circulation of knowledge.

Vietnam to send 498-member delegation to 20th ASIAD in Japan

The delegation comprises top athletes competing in key sports including athletics, shooting, swimming, martial arts (wushu, karate, taekwondo and jujitsu), sepak takraw, rowing, canoeing, football, volleyball, golf, fencing and weightlifting. It will also include officials, doctors and international experts.

OVs can become substantive economic bridges between Vietnam, Japan: expert

Tran Trung Kien, Secretary General of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association (VJECPA) noted that Japan has many strengths that match Vietnam’s development needs, particularly in technology, manufacturing, supporting industries, automation, high-tech agriculture, healthcare, elderly care, education and training, digital transformation, green industry and the circular economy.

Resolution raises expectations for greater OV contributions

While the earlier resolution focused on encouraging OV resources, providing support and enhancing the great national solidarity, Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW places greater emphasis on accompanying OVs, creating favourable mechanisms and effectively mobilising resources from OV communities to assist with the homeland's development.

Vietnamese entrepreneurs in France encouraged to connect Vietnam with European market

Under Resolution No. 23, OV entrepreneurs can take on a bigger role by connecting businesses, promoting technology transfer, sharing management know-how, helping Vietnamese companies break into European markets, and linking French and Western European businesses and investors with Vietnam.

Overseas employment must become channel for developing Vietnam’s human resources: official

Under the revised Law on Vietnamese Guest Workers under Contract, priority is given to sending trained workers with professional and technical qualifications abroad so that they can improve their incomes, gain access to advanced technology and modern governance practices, and develop vocational skills, foreign languages, labour discipline and industrial working styles.

Vu Lan for young people: Love is more than a one-day affair

In modern life, however, the way young people express filial devotion has also changed, as not everyone has the time or means to prepare elaborate offerings or take part in every traditional ritual. For many young people, what matters more is understanding the meaning behind those rituals.

Vietnam tops sources of international students in RoK

Vietnam ranked first for the first time in the number of international students in the RoK, with 96,834 students, accounting for 31.5% of the total.

Top leader receives FIFA President in Hanoi

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam called on FIFA to continue assisting Vietnam with the training of coaches and referees, enhancing professional expertise and football management capacity, while promoting the development of women’s, school and grassroots football, professional leagues and national teams.

OVs serve as bridge for knowledge, technology for Vietnam

According to Nguyen Phuong Chung, lecturer and Director of the Vietnamese Language Programme at Columbia University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures in the US, Resolution 23 represents an important shift in how the position, role, and contributions of overseas Vietnamese are viewed.

Vietnamese flavours bring people together at Oxford

Rather than a conventional exhibition, the event recreated the rhythm of a Vietnamese day through familiar dishes, including pandan sticky rice, bun rieu (crab noodle soup), banh cuon (steamed rolled pancakes) and sweet black bean dessert cooked with palm sugar.

Contest to preserve Vietnamese language among young people held in Japan

The contest aims to preserve, practise, and promote the Vietnamese language within the Vietnamese community in Japan, with a particular focus on the younger generation born or raised in the host country. Furthermore, it serves to implement the Politburo’s Resolution No 23-NQ/TW, dated August 2, 2026 on the affairs related to overseas Vietnamese in the new era.

Vietnamese community in Laos celebrates August Revolution, National Day

The celebration provides an opportunity for Vietnamese representative agencies and people in Laos to recall the nation’s proud traditions and express profound gratitude to late President Ho Chi Minh, revolutionary predecessors, fallen soldiers and all those who devoted and sacrificed themselves for national independence, freedom, peace and reunification.

Vietnam remains Cambodia’s top seafood supplier in H1

Vietnam remained Cambodia’s largest seafood supplier, with shipments to the neighbouring market valued at more than 33 million USD. China ranked second, with exports worth over 16 million USD. Imports from other markets, including Hong Kong (China), Australia, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Malaysia, totaled around 10 million USD.

Vietnam seeks to build national brand for cultural industries

The draft law on cultural industry development seeks to establish a formal legal status for cultural industries within the national economic structure and connect their value chains to boost economic value, exports and strategic investment while promoting Vietnamese identity and soft power internationally.

Vietnamese community in Bangkok celebrates National Day, diplomatic ties

Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung thanked the Vietnamese community in Thailand for its contributions as an important bridge in Vietnam-Thailand relations, which, he said, are at their best stage in history.

Vietnam’s foreign policy reflects national identity, resilience: Japanese expert

By remaining steadfast on fundamental principles such as independence, self-reliance and national interests, Vietnam can engage flexibly with individual partners while developing cooperation with as many countries as possible. Such an approach is increasingly relevant in a complex and unpredictable international environment.

New Politburo resolution expected to harness role of Vietnamese community in Canada

Resolution No. 23 marks a new development in mindset, as its identification of overseas Vietnamese not only as an inseparable part of the Vietnamese national community but also as one of the country’s important strategic resources has more clearly affirmed their role in the cause of national construction and development.