Deputy Minister Pham Quang Hieu (second to right) held discussion with the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts (AVIES) in Switzerland. Photo: Bao Quoc Te

Deputy Minister Pham Quang Hieu highly appreciated the patriotic spirit of overseas experts and intellectuals in Switzerland, adding that AVIES is the core of the community.

The practical contributions of the Association and the Vietnamese community in Switzerland (donating CHF 44,740, equivalent to more than VND 1 billion during the Covid-19 pandemic, and CHF 9,500, equivalent to VND 230 million to build a sovereignty boat for Truong Sa) or VietSearch and V-space projects have contributed socio-economic development of the country.

Deputy Minister Pham Quang Hieu affirmed that the young generation of overseas Vietnamese intellectuals, no matter where they were born and raised, is an integral part and a resource of the Vietnamese ethnic community.

Hence, the Party, and the government always pay attention to, value, and create conditions for overseas experts and intellectuals to invest in business, science and technology activities, and start-ups.

In response, the Association has expressed deep feelings of attachment to the homeland and the country, saying that it is accelerating the implementation of two important projects VietSearch and V-space to strengthen ties of the Vietnamese communities around the world.

The representatives of AVIES also expressed their wish to continue contributing to the country's socio-economic development through policy advice, economic cooperation connection, and reaffirming their willingness to support and help Vietnamese students in accessing the information on new technologies and developing startups.

AVIES is grateful for the strategy of State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese that continues to act as a bridge connecting the Association's activities in Switzerland with agencies, universities and the young business community in Vietnam.

The Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts in Switzerland (AVIES) Team members of AVIES and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Switzerland at the launch of AVIES. Photo: VNA The executive board of AVIES debuted on June 2 2018 at the headquarters of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. The AVIES gathers some 70 Vietnamese intellectuals and experts working in Switzerland in various fields of business management, finance, mobile technology, computer science, health care and infrastructure development, among others. The association aims to accelerate the implementation of initiatives and cooperative projects for the development of the homeland, Vietnam-Switzerland ties and relations between Vietnam and the UN, WTO and other international organizations. Photo: Screen Capture of VietSearch Front Page VietSearch was formed in 2017, and up to now, about 1 million Vietnamese Oversea or Vietnamese People going abroad for tourism, studying, or working will use VietSearch for work or life and 10,000 Vietnamese Companies/ Businesses will actively use VietSearch to introduce their services to the community; VietSearch has big data and continues to update regularly about the Vietnamese community. VietSearch provides statistics and analytics channels to support the connection of the Vietnamese community in many fields of Science, Technology, Education, Economics, Tourism, Charity.

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