Hanoi, Dec. 30 -- Ha Son Tung, Deputy Head of the Advanced Optical Technologies Department at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has praised the Party and State for creating open and democratic forums through which overseas Vietnamese (OVs) can directly contribute opinions on major national issues.

Tung, who is also project leader at the National Semiconductor Technology Centre, cited as a clear example the recent consultation process on the draft documents for the upcoming 14th National Party Congress, which received a large number of substantive contributions from Vietnamese expatriates worldwide in a short period of time. Feedback was gathered both online and via Vietnamese representative offices abroad,...