Meeting in Paris recently the Overseas Vietnamese community voiced their confidence in the leadership of the CPV during the process of national development. They said they expect the congress to elect new leaders with a firm political stance, good morals, talents and new ideas.

Nguyen Duc Khuong, a lecturer at the Paris Institute of Commerce said that the Party needs to focus on anti-corruption measures, sustainable development, overcoming the imbalance between the regions, building and developing a knowledge-based economy with the use of specialists from both inside and outside of the country.

Meanwhile, Ung Quoc Hung, a construction expert said he believes that the congress will help speed up national development, ensure political stability, work out effective plans for economic growth and promote democracy in the Party.

Other participants expressed their desire for the Party and State to improve policies and mechanisms for encouraging overseas Vietnamese academics to return home.

On January 16, the Association of Overseas Vietnamese in Phnom Penh held a meeting to review their operations in 2010 and plan for 2011.

The association’s President, Tran Van Toi said that over the past year it had built good relationship with the local authority, creating better conditions for overseas Vietnamese living there.