The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Lombardy region (IVFA-L)
on Nov. 19 convenes its regular meeting in Milan city.
Addressing the event, Senator Fausto Co, President of the Italy-Vietnam
Friendship Association (IVFA), spoke highly of friendship activities of
the IVFA-L as well as its efforts to organise the annual exchange,
which, he said, helps Italian people, including those from the Lombardy
region, have more chances to explore the land and people of Vietnam .
The senator called on the association to continue
coordinating with other branches in providing support for Vietnam ,
especially in projects on poverty reduction, environment, health care
and assisting Vietnamese Agent Orange /dioxin victims.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Dang Khanh Thoai praised the IVFA and
the IVFA-L in consolidating the relations between the two countries over
the past decades.
Tran Minh Chau, a member of the
IVFA’s management board, said since 2002 the IVFA has partnered with the
IVFA-L to organise a wide range of charitable activities such as
presenting scholarships, each worth 1.5 million VND, to 500 students in
Ha Tinh, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Can Tho provinces.
They have also helped hospital and schools in several central
provinces of Vietnam buy medical equipment and upgrade the
infrastructure system, Chau said./.