Summer camp brings young OVs to Quang Binh province
Young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) engaged in a number of meaningful activities in the central province of Quang Binh on July 26, as part of the Vietnam Summer Camp 2023.
Young OVs visit the Museum of Quang Binh province on July 26. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Binh (VNA) – Young overseasVietnamese (OVs) engaged in a number of meaningful activities in the centralprovince of Quang Binh on July 26, as part of the Vietnam Summer Camp 2023.
Here, 120 young expatriates paidhomage to President Ho Chi Minh and war martyrs at the temple dedicated to them in Dong Hoi city.
They came to the Museum of Quang Binh provinceto learn about the local culture and history.
The delegation also visited and presented30 million VND (nearly 1,300 USD) as a gift to the provincial Centre for SocialWork. On this occasion, the Vietnamese community in Poland also presented 600USD in cash to the centre.
Duringthe Vietnam Summer Camp 2023 from July 18 to August 2, young OVs will travel 10provinces and cities nationwide, including Quang Binh, so as to gain an insightinto the homeland’s culture, history, land, and people, thus helping nurturetheir patriotism.
They are hoped to serve as ambassadorsto culture and tourism helping popularise images of a peaceful country andhospitable people of Vietnam to international friends.
The annual summer camp is also meantto affirm the Party and State’s consistent policy that OVs form an integralpart of the Vietnamese people, and reflect the attention to the young OV generation./.
Sixty overseas Vietnamese young people from 14 foreign countries and territories have joined local youths in an annual summer camp which kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.
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The Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 20 kicked off the Vietnam Summer Camp 2023 in Hanoi which welcomes nearly 120 outstanding young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from 20 countries worldwide.
A total of 120 young overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from across 17 countries and territories worldwide paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien special national relic site in the late leader’s hometown in the central province of Nghe An’s Nam Dan district on July 25, as part of their Vietnam Summer Camp 2023.
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Young OVs visit the Museum of Quang Binh province on July 26. (Photo: VNA) 
