The Thoi Dai ( Vietnam Times) newspaper of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on June 24 launched a English-language website at http://vietnamfriendship.vn./ .

It also includes a column covering the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam-US relations normalisation.

The website will provide updated information on policies of the Party and State, the country’s achievements of national defence and construction and give insight reports on the Vietnamese culture, thus connecting Vietnam with other countries and boosting people-to-people exchange.

Editor-in-chief of Thoi Dai Newspaper Le Quang Thien said at the launching ceremony that the website also serves as a forum fostering exchange and cooperation between foreign friends and businesses with Vietnamese partners.

VUFO Chairman Vu Xuan Hong highlighted the significance of the website’s debut, expressing his hope that it will be able to meet increasing demand of information of English-speaking readers .

The website also has a Chinese version.-VNA