President and overseas Vietnamese delegates offer incense at Thang Long Imperial Citadel

President Luong Cuong and his wife, along with guests and overseas Vietnamese, expressed their sincere prayers for national peace and prosperity, and for the country to enter the new year with even more breakthrough successes.

President Luong Cuong and his wife and overseas Vietnamese delegates offer incense at Kinh Thien Palace in the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Relic Site, Hanoi . (Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA)

On the morning of January 19, President Luong Cuong and his wife, along with representatives of central ministries, departments, and agencies, Hanoi City, and nearly 100 overseas Vietnamese delegates, performed an incense offering ceremony at Kinh Thien Palace in Thang Long Imperial Citadel to respectfully commemorate the generations of ancestors who fought and sacrificed to preserve and protect the country of Vietnam.

This is an activity within the framework of the program "Spring Homeland 2025", co-chaired by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi People's Committee, annually organizing, thereby continuing to clearly demonstrate the sentiments and responsibilities of the Party and State in caring for the Vietnamese community abroad, promoting patriotism, turning to the roots, and encouraging overseas Vietnamese to preserve the cultural identity, traditions and language of the nation.

The President and his wife, along with guests and overseas Vietnamese, expressed their sincere prayers for national peace and prosperity, and for the country to enter the new year with more breakthrough successes on the path of development, as well as report to the predecessors of overseas Vietnamese returning to their homelands from all over the world.

President Luong Cuong and his wife and overseas Vietnamese release carp to see off the Kitchen Gods at Uncle Ho's fish pond in the Presidential Palace Relic Site (Hanoi). (Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA)

Next, the President and his wife, along with overseas Vietnamese delegates, participated in the carp release activity at Uncle Ho's Fish Pond in the Presidential Palace Relic Site.

The event took place just a few days before December 23 - the day to send the Kitchen Gods to heaven, with the meaning of "a carp jumping over the dragon gate to become a dragon," symbolizing perseverance and endurance towards development and success.

In a friendly and open atmosphere, President Luong Cuong and his wife shared with overseas Vietnamese about their work and life situation; thanked the Vietnamese community around the world for always turning their hearts towards their homeland and country; and wished all of them a new year of peace, prosperity and success.

President Luong Cuong and his wife and a delegation of overseas Vietnamese return to their homeland on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025. (Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA)

According to the program, on the same evening, President Luong Cuong will wish overseas Vietnamese a Happy New Year and beat the drum to open the Spring Festival in the Spring Homeland Art Exchange Program 2025 at the National Convention Center for all overseas Vietnamese to attend.

The Homeland Spring 2025 program with the theme "Vietnam - Rising in the new era" takes place from January 18-20 with many rich and meaningful events. This is an important cultural-political event, attracting special attention from the overseas Vietnamese community and is always awaited by overseas Vietnamese every time Tet comes and Spring comes.

This year's program attracted the participation of about 1,500 overseas Vietnamese delegates from all over the world returning to their homeland to celebrate Tet./.

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