Emigration Facts &figures 2 http://en.dangcongsan.vn/news-and-events/where-do-overseas-vietnamese-vote-389473.html 1 https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/tackling-the-issue-of-dual-citizenship-3591.html % ofemigrants in total population the country. uppost-war.grew Theterm isusedbypeopleinVietnamto refer to ethnicVietnameselivingoutside prior to theVietnamwar, those wholeftasrefugees duringthewar orthenewerimmigrants who Terminology: Remittances inflow(USD million): 17,000 Remittances asashareofGDP: Viet Kieurefers to living outsideof ; those who left Vietnam Vietnam doesnothaveadiaspora engagementpolicy. VIETNAM engagementmapping % ofwhich in theEU 6.5 % United StatesofAmerica Top countries ofdestination Political rights Dual citizenship for citizensresidingabroad Right tovote innationalelections 1 127,937 191,988 209,731 236,750 1,352,449

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4 was a law on the rights of the Viet Kieu, entitling them to certain privileges, such such privileges, lawa certain to entitling them was Kieu, the Viet of the rights on 3 Vietnam has also focussed heavily on promoting its culture to the diaspora by inviting them its culture the diaspora to on promoting heavily has also focussed Vietnam into tapping is also sector in Vietnam. The private programmes summer camps or cultural to fight against by the government’s Vietnamese - encouraged that many overseas the fact diaspora are using this opportunity encourage to home. come - wish to Companies Covid-19 to corporations multinational with academic qualifications and working in leading experience economy. growing return and work in Vietnam’s Trends and achievements Trends in Vietnam is not very engagement diaspora However, developed. for framework The legal engagement diaspora of importance recognised the critical has increasingly the government attract to incentives of culture Vietnamese provision the and promote that activities through buying property and investing in back home. include facilitating the diaspora Incentives Through dual nationality system. a single price and for businesses, visa exemption, allowance 2000s, there early In the growth. economic from Vietnam has benefitted such measures, therewith aretoday companies 750 over whereas Vietnam, in companies werelisted 50 only $150 of around capitalisation market billion.

Lack of policy framework: Vietnam lacks an overall policy framework for diaspora engagement, which diaspora for policy framework an overall Vietnam lacks of policy framework: Lack together working from companies sector private and ministries government preventsvarious the on what should be done to guidance that there is a lack of an overall It also means more coherently. engagement. diaspora the government’s better encourages and creates favourable conditions for persons of persons for conditions Law favourable on Vietnamese Nationality and creates encourages and homeland and relations close families their maintain with to residingorigin Vietnamese abroad the lawful homeland. It also protects the building of their to rights of Vietnamese citizens contribute Vietnamese representative missions. and overseas agencies domestic state through abroad Resolution 36 Resolution was a set of economic reforms to transition Vietnam from a command economy to a a to economy a command from Vietnam transition to reforms a set of economic was reforms Doi Moi of foreign saw up control loosening government the Vietnam The reforms economy. socialist market or studied in who worked by Vietnamese be sent back home to goods allowing consumer and trade a emphasised that in the reforms Union, of the Soviet the collapse After other socialist countries. trade foreign its door open to keep to Vietnam should continue economy, market post-communist and investment. as incentives to buy property and invest in business and an exemption from visas. It was the first the first visas. It was buy propertyin business and an exemption and invest to as incentives from Party that addressed of Vietnam Kieu issues. It aimed at creating Viet resolution of the Communist society the into of integrate their life, “stabilise and supporting them to conditions favourable important a result As of this law, with the homeland”. close links and maintain residing countries have and dual nationality, system legislation, such as visa exemption, price single home ownership, subsequently been passed.

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