The Communist Party of Vietnam pays special attention to mass mobilisation work for Vietnamese people living aboard, considering this an important task to pool their resources for national development.
Ha Thi Khiet, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Commission for Mass Mobilisation, made the statement at a workshop in Prague on August 18.
Khiet said more than 4.5 million Vietnamese nationals are currently residing, studying and working in 109 countries and territories across the globe. Of the total, nearly 800,000 are living in 43 European countries.
Over the past years, Vietnamese expatriates in Europe have made an important contribution to Vietnam’s industrialisation and modernisation process, she told representatives of Vietnamese organisations in 14 European countries.
Many successful entrepreneurs have invested back in Vietnam, with their total capital accounting for more than half the combined investment that Vietnamese people worldwide pumped into the country, she said.
It was reported at the workshop that Vietnamese organisations based in Europe have gathered Vietnamese people to live in harmony with local communities, providing them with necessary assistance, and promoting Vietnamese culture to international friends.
However, several reactionary and hostile forces in Europe make use of the organisations’ operations to sabotage Vietnamese revolution.
The Communist Party of Vietnam considers Vietnamese nationals residing abroad an indispensible part of the Vietnamese nation.
To this end, the Party and State has introduced policies and measures to help Vietnamese expatriates abroad fully develop capabilities, integrate deeper into local communities, and return back to Vietnam for investment and business activities.
At the event, representatives of organisations in 14 European nations made recommendations on mass mobilisation to the Party to make it more efficient.
