2023 Homeland Spring programme to be held on January 14

The information was revealed by the deputy head of the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Mai Phan Dung, during a press conference in Hanoi on December 28.

As part of the programme, traditional activities, such as incense offering, the release of carps, a tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum, meetings with Party and State leaders, and a Vietnamese cuisine festival, will be held.

The President will extend New Year wishes to participants during a music show, which will be broadcast live on the national Vietnam Television, its digital platforms or mobile app.

Its sideline activities will begin on January 13, including a workshop of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs with OVs on legal regulations for them, a meeting with leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee to honour outstanding OVs, a spring fair with trade, investment and tourism promotion activities in Hanoi, an exchange at the national radio The Voice of Vietnam, and the release of carps at Ao Sen, based in Thang Long Imperial Citadel, which will be hosted by the President.

Held for the first time in 2008, the programme is a joint effort between the Foreign Ministry, several agencies and localities.