160,000 overseas Vietnamese to return for Tet

10/01/2008 -- 8:15 PM

Ha Noi (VNA) – Around 160,000 overseas Vietnamese are expected to visit their homeland during Tet (Lunar New Year holiday), an increase of over 20,000 people over last year’s Tet, said the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) on January 10. The COVA will join the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Viet Nam Television to organise a ceremony to welcome overseas Vietnamese at the National Conference Centre in Ha Noi on January 31. The meeting is expected to draw the participation of over 1,000 Vietnamese from countries and territories worldwide. The committee said it also plans to invite some 50 OVs who had made significant contributions to the national defence and construction to return home to welcome the New Year festival, visit beautiful places in different parts of the country and meet with the Party and State leaders. The committee will coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to send art troupes to Japan and France to serve Vietnamese communities during Tet.-Enditem
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