“Homeland Spring” programme downsized due to COVID-19
This year’s Homeland Spring, an annual programme held for overseas Vietnamese to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), will feature only one show without audience due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organisers.
A show of the 2020 Homeland Spring programme (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – This year’s HomelandSpring, an annual programme held for overseas Vietnamese to celebrate thetraditional Lunar New Year (Tet), will feature only one show without audiencedue to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organisers.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese(SCOV) under the Foreign Ministry said due to the pandemic’s complexdevelopments, a large number of Vietnamese abroad are unable to return to thehomeland to celebrate the annual most important festival.
Given this, the 2021 Homeland Spring programmewill feature only one show broadcast live on VTV1 and VTV4 channels and theVTVgo and vtv.vn digital platforms of the Vietnam Television. It is scheduledto take place without audience at the Hanoi Opera House on February 4 evening.
The show will offer many special performances byfamous artists both at home and aboard, praising the homeland and featuring thewarm Tet atmosphere from across the country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is set todeliver a speech extending Tet greetings to overseas Vietnamese at this event,the SCOV said.
Every year, the Homeland Spring programme isorganised by the SCOV and relevant agencies ahead of Tet to provide Vietnameseexpatriates a chance to join domestic compatriots in Tet celebrations. It alsoreflects the Party and State’s great attention to overseas Vietnamese affairs.
According to the SCOV, more than 5.3 millionVietnamese people are living in over 130 countries and territories, and theirrole, standing, and prestige in host countries have been increasingly improved.
In 2020, they donated 35 billion VND (1.5million USD) in cash and medical supplies to the domestic COVID-19 fight, alongwith more than 40 billion VND and a large volume of goods to help people incentral Vietnam address flooding consequences.
As of October last year, Vietnamese expatriatesfrom 27 countries and territories had invested 1.6 billion USD in 362 projectsin Vietnam.
Despite impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,remittances into the country in 2020 were still high, about 15.7 billion USD,giving Vietnam the ninth position among the world’s largest remittancerecipients as listed by the World Bank.
Many initiatives to connect overseas Vietnameseintellectuals in contributing to the homeland have also been proposed andcarried out, the SCOV noted./.
VNA
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A show of the 2020 Homeland Spring programme (Photo: VNA)