VNN – January 16, 2024 – 08:13

More than 80 per cent of overseas Vietnamese are living in industrial and developed countries and major global economic hubs. 

Deputy foreign minister Lê Thị Thu Hằng speaks at the press conference on Monday. —Photo baotintuc.vn

HÀ NỘI — With approximately six million Vietnamese nationals living abroad, remittances sent to Việt Nam from 1993 to 2022 have amounted to US$190 billion, according to deputy foreign minister Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

Speaking at a press conference for the 2024 “Xuân quê hương” (Homeland Spring) programme on Monday, she said that this figure is almost equal to the amount of foreign investment capital disbursed in the same period. 

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