Delegates present books to NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA) New Delhi (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue met leaders of India-Vietnam friendship associations in New Delhi onDecember 17.
At the event, Secretary General of the India – Vietnam SolidarityCommittee Kusum Jain congratulated Vietnam on becoming a member of the UNESCOExecutive Board for the 2021-2025 period, saying that Vietnam will play a moreimportant role in policy planning regarding education, science and culture.
Jain said India – Vietnam friendship associations have outlinedpractical activities marking the 50th anniversary of bilateraldiplomatic ties and the fifth anniversary of bilateral comprehensive strategicpartnership.
She wished that Vietnam and India would pay further attention topromoting people-to-people exchange and cooperation in culture and arts. Shebelieved that Vietnam – India ties not only bring practical benefits to the twocountries but also the South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Chairman of the India – Vietnam Friendship Association K.L.Malhotra, for his part, expressed his admiration for President Ho Chi Minh and stressedthat Vietnam is a brave and great country and will reap successes.
Hue affirmed that Vietnam always remembers India’s support forits fight against invaders in the past. He wished that Indian organisations,communities and friends will stand side by side together and further step uppeople-to-people exchange between the two nations.
Vietnam is performing its comprehensive foreign policy,including the Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy, withpeople-to-people diplomacy becoming an important pillar.
The Vietnamese leader believed that people-to-people exchangebetween the two countries will further prosper, becoming one of the fivesignificant pillars of bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.
On theoccasion, Hue presented the Friendship Order to United Nations Resident Coordinatorin Vietnam Kamal Malhotra and first-class Labour Order to Vietnamese Ambassadorto India Pham Sanh Chau./.
