Singapore, Dec. 31 -- Creating formal platforms for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to contribute opinions to major Party resolutions and draft documents for the upcoming National Party Congress marks an important and highly welcomed policy shift by the Party and State recently. This assessment was made by Ho Quynh Lan, leader of the Vietnam Business Association in Singapore and deputy head of the liaison board of the Vietnamese Community in the city-state, in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency. According to Lan, the Party and State's decision to open broader channels for policy consultations demonstrates greater openness and democracy of the Vietnamese Government. It also reaffirms the consistent policy that OVs are an inseparable part ...