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26-05-2012, 11:21 AM
<a href="http://http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#0000FF--><span style="color:#0000FF"><!--/coloro-->Vietnam holidays<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> - “Xuan Que Huong” welcomes OVs returning home for Tet<br /><br />A special programme will take place at the southern gate of Doan Mon of the <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->Thang Long<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> Royal Citadel in<a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"> Hanoi</a> on January 28 to welcome <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->Vietnamese<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> expatriates who return home for 2011 Lunar New Year festival.<br /><br /><br />According to <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#008000--><span style="color:#008000"><!--/coloro-->Pham Hai Bang<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a>, Head of the Culture-Information Department of the <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> (SCOV), the event, entitled “<a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->Xuan Que Huong<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a>” (Homeland Spring), will see the presence of 700-800 overseas Vietnamese together with high-ranking Party and State leaders and representatives of foreign diplomats.<br /><br />This year’s programme is to celebrate the successful hosting of the 1,000th anniversary of <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->Thang Long-Hanoi<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> and the 11th National Party Congress. It is also to mark 100 years since <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->Ho Chi Minh<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> left <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank">Nha Rong</a> Wharf on board a French ship to seek ways to liberate the country and 60 years since he returned homeland, Bang said.<br /><br /><a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->The programme<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a>, jointly held by SCOV under the Foreign Ministry and other related agencies, will start with a incense burning ceremony at the <a href="http://vietnamtravel-destinations.com" target="_blank"><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><span style="color:#2E8B57"><!--/coloro-->Kinh Thien palace<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></a> in the royal citadel.<br /><br />Vietnamese artists at home and abroad will perform at the programme.