Singapore (VNA) – Creating formal platforms for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to contribute opinions to major Party resolutions and draft documents for the upcoming National Party Congress marks an important and highly welcomed policy shift by the Party and State recently.
This assessment was made by Ho Quynh Lan, leader of the Vietnam Business Association in Singapore and deputy head of the liaison board of the Vietnamese Community in the city-state, in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
According to Lan, the Party and State’s decision to open broader channels for policy consultations demonstrates greater openness and democracy of the Vietnamese Government. It also reaffirms the consistent policy that OVs are an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation, regardless of where they live or what professions they pursue, and that they have both the right and responsibility to contribute to national development.
She emphasised that establishing official dialogue channels sends a strong message about the Government’s sincerity, willingness to listen and commitment to practical outcomes. It encourages constructive, multi-dimensional policy recommendations from Vietnamese experts and intellectuals abroad, while reflecting a renewed approach to harnessing their knowledge, and experience.
Drawing from more than three decades of engagement with OV communities and business associations, Lan described this as a strategic and forward-looking policy adjustment. In the context of Vietnamese communities present in most major economies worldwide, a sound policy will generate powerful motivation, strengthen public trust, and inspire a stronger sense of attachment to the homeland, encouraging them to contribute their intellect, human resources and material capacity to national development.
Regarding the community’s response, she noted that most OVs warmly welcome these policy developments. Despite geographical distance, they remain deeply attached to the homeland and respond positively to every sign of progress and reform in the country.
Overseas entrepreneurs and intellectuals, she added, wish to engage more substantively in Vietnam’s reform and development efforts, not only through remittances or charitable activities, but also by contributing to policymaking, investment connectivity, technology transfer, digital transformation, green growth and sustainable development.
Lan also expressed her hope that OV-related policies will remain practical, stable and long term, enabling more effective implementation of initiatives. The community expects continued consistency and modern, transparent and efficient governance that truly serves the interests of the people and the nation’s development./.
