On the evening of February 2, the special art program Xuan Que Huong 2024 with the theme " Ho Chi Minh City - continuing the shining epic" was held at Thong Nhat Hall (HCMC).
President Vo Van Thuong and his wife attended the program. In addition, the program was also attended by comrades: Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen; Party Central Committee Secretary, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien; Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang; Party Central Committee member, Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang; Party Central Committee member, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai... and leaders, former leaders of central departments, ministries, branches and some localities also attended.
In particular, there was the participation of about 1,500 overseas Vietnamese from all over the world returning home to celebrate Tet, enjoy Spring and attend the Program.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, President Vo Van Thuong delivered a speech wishing the community and our compatriots abroad a Happy New Year and beating the drum to open the 2024 Homeland Spring Festival.
President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that Vietnamese people abroad, regardless of generation or location, as children of Lac and Hong, are "always a part of flesh and blood, an inseparable part of the Fatherland, always present in the hearts and feelings of the country and people of Vietnam".
Recalling impressions from meetings with overseas Vietnamese during his overseas business trips last year, the President shared his feelings about the aspirations and will to rise up, the desire and longing to join hands to contribute to the development of the country of overseas Vietnamese.
The President noted that despite living far from the Fatherland, our people always nurture and promote patriotism, national pride, preserve cultural traditions, and look back to their roots, staying attached to their families, homelands, and country. Many people have made spiritual, material, and even blood contributions to the cause of national liberation, national reunification, and the construction and protection of our beloved Vietnam.
Many overseas Vietnamese have been successful and famous in many fields, making positive contributions to the host country, being an important bridge between Vietnam and the world, an important factor in people's diplomacy, actively preserving and spreading national cultural values, building the image of Vietnam abroad, contributing to enhancing the position and prestige of Vietnam in the international arena.
Delighted with the achievements that overseas Vietnamese have made, the President stated that the Party and State always sincerely hope that our compatriots abroad will promote their potential, strengths, and creativity, reap many successes, have a stable life, have an increasingly solid legal, economic, and political status, and deeply integrate into the host society.
The success of each Vietnamese person abroad always brings joy and pride to the Fatherland of Vietnam. The President expressed his hope that young overseas Vietnamese will always be attached to their homeland, turn towards Vietnam, speak Vietnamese, be proud of their Vietnamese origin and the fine traditional values of the nation.
The President pointed out that as a country that has suffered the pain of war, the country was divided, the people were divided, but with the nation's tradition of peace, humanity, and justice, Vietnam has become a model of post-war reconciliation, building good relationships with other countries, including former enemies.
At the program, President Vo Van Thuong called on overseas Vietnamese: "Let's unite, firmly believe in the nation's goals, join hands to build the country's foundation, potential, position and prestige, so that our beloved Vietnam can steadily develop, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers."
The special art program "Spring Homeland 2024" is designed with unique art performances such as: The scene song "Phuong Nam - Love of land, love of people"; The song "The person looking for the shape of the country"; Suite "The country is full of joy"; "Return"; "Come back and listen to mother's lullaby"... highlighting the great contributions and boundless love of President Ho Chi Minh for his compatriots in the South with the call "Unity, unity, great unity. Success, success, great success" - the source of boundless strength, creating Vietnamese values.
The songs, medleys, and scenes in the Program also honor the beauty of Vietnamese culture that has always been preserved and passed down in every Vietnamese family through the emotional performances of domestic artists and singers and overseas Vietnamese.
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