The event is held annually by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival for Overseas Vietnamese (OVs).
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse, and delegates at the programme.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son delivered the opening speech at the programme.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended New Year wishes to OVs.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat a drum to open the programme.
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A drum performance by artists from the Vietnam Tuong (Classical Drama) Theatre by Young Hanoi art troupe.
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Singer Tan Nhan performed her latest song entitled ‘Cong Cha Ngai Me Sinh Thanh’ (Grateful for Parents).
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A solo performance by pianist Nguyen Viet Trung, who returned from Poland to attend the programme.
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Earlier on the morning of the same day, the delegation of OVs attending the programme, paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and laid a wreath at a monument, in honour of war heroes and martyrs on Bac Son Street, Hanoi.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and the OVs offered incense at Kinh Thien Palace at Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamese expatriates released carps into Uncle Ho’s fish pond at the Presidential Palace's relic site.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and the Vietnamese expatriates took a group photo at the Presidential Palace.
