Association contributes to boosting Vietnam-Switzerland ties

Under the sponsorship of the Switzerland-Vietnam Association (SVA), Binh Minh School, the first Vietnamese language teaching school in Switzerland, was established in 2017.
Geneva (VNA) – Under the sponsorship of theSwitzerland-Vietnam Association (SVA), Binh Minh School, the first Vietnameselanguage teaching school in Switzerland, was established in 2017.

Binh Minh school is one of various achievements recorded bythe association during 2017-2018, reported SVA President Anjuska Weil at theassociation’s annual meeting last weekend.

The school has been opened for children of Vietnamese originin Zurich city and its adjacent areas every Saturday morning.

Anjuska Weil expressed her hope that the school willcontribute to preserving Vietnamese language and culture among young people ofVietnamese origin in the country.

Besides, the association has implemented exchanges and charitableprogrammes, with the most noteworthy being a three-week trip to Vietnam byeight of its members in October 2017.

During the visit, the SVA members presented 3,000 USD to theelderly in difficult circumstances in Hue city, the central province of ThuaThien-Hue, said the President.

In November 2017, the association organised the “SolidarityDay” to raise funds for victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin and naturaldisasters in Vietnam, she added.

The SVA has joined hands with the Vietnam les Enfants de laDioxin organisation based in Paris to launch many projects in support ofVietnamese AO victims, especially children.

The association has also coordinated with the VietnameseEmbassy in Switzerland in an array of friendship and community-basedactivities.

Established in 1992, the association brings togetherhundreds of Swiss friends of different generations, who are interested inVietnam.-VNA
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