Seminar on legal assistance for overseas Vietnamese held in Hanoi
The Foreign Ministry’s State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) in coordination with the Hanoi Bar Association held a seminar in the capital city on October 26 to discuss legal assistance for overseas Vietnamese (OV).
A seminar is held in the capital city on October 26 to discuss legal assistance for overseas Vietnamese (OV). (Photo: baophapluat.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Foreign Ministry’s State Commission for OverseasVietnamese Affairs (SCOV) in coordination with the Hanoi Bar Association held aseminar in the capital city on 🌠October 26 to discuss legal assistance for overseasVietn🔯amese (OV).
Speakingat the event, SCOV deputy head Nguyen Manh Dong said following the consistentpolicy of considering the OV an inseparable part and a resource of theVietnamese national community, the Party and State have issued a number ofpolicies, guidelines and legal documents.
Most recently, Conclusion 12-KL/TW dated August 2, 2021 of the Politburo on OVs work in the new situation set a task of helping OVs gain firm legal status, stabilise life, comply to the host country's laws and smoothly integrate into the host society.
According to Dong, many OVs have the need for guidance and information provision about Vietnam's poli♎cies and laws on OVs affairs.
The seminar was as an initial step towards issuing amechanism to provide legal support for OVs, contributing to helping them settledown overseas as well as supporting them when they return to Vietnam for settlement, working and doingbusiness. Participants discussed the OV community's need for legal assistance in some specific aspects and proposed methods and forms of legal support that meet the requirements of the OV community and suit the available resources ofthe Hanoi Bar Association./.
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A seminar is held in the capital city on October 26 to discuss legal assistance for overseas Vietnamese (OV). (Photo: baophapluat.vn) 
