Hanoi (VNA) - A book titled "Vietnam Committee for Asian - African - Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation: Journeys, Friends" was launched at a seminar held in Hanoi on June 12.
Addressing the event, Nguyen The Ky, Chairman of the Central Council for the Theory and Criticism of Literature and the Arts and Chairman of the committee under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations (VUFO), said the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO), established in 1957 and meeting legitimate aspirations of the oppressed and exploited peoples in Asia and Africa, receives widespread support from peoples around the world.
Joining the trend of the era, the Vietnam Committee for Asian Solidarity (now the Vietnam Committee for Asian - African - Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation) was set up on October 19, 1956, and became one of the founding and active members of the AAPSO.
Over the past nearly 70 years of development, the committee has made significant contributions to the struggle for national liberation and reunification as well as national construction and defence, and to the friendship, solidarity, and cooperation between the peoples of Vietnam and Asian, African, and Latin American nations. It has actively campaigned for and garnered support from the peoples in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and around the world for Vietnam, helping elevate the country's role, position, and reputation at regional and global people's forums, Ky noted.
He said proud of the committee's efforts and achievements over the last seven decades, its standing board directed the collection, research, compilation, and publication of the Vietnamese-English bilingual book.
Among the six sections of the nearly-330-page book, the first highlights President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, and the Vietnamese Party and State's guidelines and viewpoints on international solidarity and people's solidarity.
The second focuses on the formation, activities, and development of the committee; the third introduces inter-regional and national organisations for Asian - African - Latin American solidarity; the fourth on Vietnam - Africa cooperation through different periods; and the final two on leaders of the committees and outstanding figures./.
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