Hanoi, Jan. 15 -- Tran Thang, President of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) in New York, has applauded Vietnam's early policies for the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community, highlighting initiatives to involve OV intellectuals in the homeland's development. In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency correspondents in the US ahead of the 14th National Party Congress, he noted that since the early 2000s, the Party and State have taken initiatives to call on OVs, especially those in the US and Western countries, to contribute to the nation. Thang, who is also a member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front since 2014, noted that the Party and State issued timely policies that not only opened V...