NA Vice Chairman re-elected Chairman of Vietnam Peace Committee
Hanoi (VNA) - National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu
was re-elected Chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee (VPC) for the 2020-2025
tenure during its National Congress in Hanoi on September 22.
A new Presidium was also elected, with 50 members.
Speaking at the event, Luu said the congress is being held at a time
when the world is struggling with COVID-19 and Vietnam has assumed the roles of
ASEAN Chair, Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) 2020, and non-permanent
member of the UN Security Council. The entire Party and the people are also focusing
on Party congresses at all levels, towards the 13th National Party
Congress in 2021.
He said Vietnam is emerging as a bright spot in the fight against
COVID-19, with social welfare and economic growth guaranteed, contributing to
improving its stature on the international arena. The VPC will mark its 70th founding anniversary this year.
During the 2013-2020 tenure, the VPC posted encouraging achievements,
not only in people-to-people diplomacy but also in raising public awareness about
peace and its value, he said.
It sent 30 delegations overseas on working trips under bilateral and
multilateral cooperation programmes and welcomed 15 foreign delegations to
Vietnam for international conferences and bilateral exchanges. It also made
active and responsible contributions to the activities of the World Peace
Council (WPC). At the WPC’s Congress in 2016, Vietnam was elected as its Vice
Chair. In 2017, the VPC held the Congress of the WPC Executive Committee, which
was hailed as one of the most successful iterations so far.
In cooperation with chapters of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations
(VUFO) and mass organisations, the VPC collected over 1.5 million signatures in
2015 and about 1 million in 2019-2020 nationwide, contributing to the global peace
movement and the fight against nuclear weapons.
The WPC also actively joined multilateral diplomatic people-to-people
activities, such as the ASEAN People’s Forum and the Asia-Europe People’s
Forum, and fought against reactionary forces in democracy and human rights.
Luu expressed his belief that with the valuable contributions of the new
Presidium, the VPC will carry out more practical activities, contributing to
the country’s cause of national peace and friendship.
On this occasion, VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga presented
certificates of merit to collectives and individuals who made outstanding
achievements in VPC activities during the previous tenure./.