HCM City strengthens friendship with Malaysia

Malaysia sincerely hopes Vietnam will continue developing prosperously, and the Malaysia-Vietnam friendship will get closer and closer, new Malaysian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Firdauz Bin Othman has affirmed.
HCM City strengthens friendship with Malaysia ảnh 1Get-together to celebrate Malaysia’s 66th Independence Day (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Malaysia sincerely hopes Vietnam will continuedeveloping prosperously, and the Malaysia-Vietnam friendship will get closerand closer, new Malaysian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Firdauz Bin Othmanhas affirmed.

Speaking at a get-together in celebration of Malaysia’s 66th Independence Day (August 31), held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of FriendshipOrganisations (HUFO) on October 4, Firdauz Bin Othman said that the event is themanifestation of the close friendship between the city and Malaysia.

He expressed his hope for more collaboration activities betweenthe Malaysian Consulate General and the HUFO and its agencies to encourage people-to-peopleexchanges, and promote trade and tourism ties.

Malaysia appreciates Vietnam as an important partner, and thetwo countries are always close friends whether in bilateral relations, withinASEAN or in the international arena, he added.

Tran Ngoc Son, President of the Vietnam-Malaysia FriendshipAssociation in HCM City, said that the Vietnam-Malaysia relations aredeveloping very well in the fields of trade, investment, education, culture,arts, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.

HCM City always attaches importance to the relations betweenVietnam in general and the city in particular with Malaysia, said Son./.
VNA

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