People-to-people activities to be fostered in 2015

Vietnam will continue enhancing people-to-people diplomatic activities associated with the celebration of the country’s big anniversaries in 2015, heard a meeting of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)’s executive board in Hanoi on January 20.
Vietnam will continueenhancing people-to-people diplomatic activities associated with thecelebration of the country’s big anniversaries in 2015, heard a meetingof the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)’s executiveboard in Hanoi on January 20.

VUFO is a socio-politicalorganisation specialising in people-to-people diplomacy and workingunder the Communist Party of Vietnam’s leadership and the State’smanagement.

For 2015, it plans to organise an array of activitieshonouring the international community’s support on the occasion of the70th National Day (September 2) and the 40th anniversary of theSouthern Vietnam Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30).

Aseries of programmes will also be held throughout the year to mark 20years since Vietnam and the US normalised their relations.

VUFOwill increase people-to-people exchanges with ASEAN and European nationsas well as with the US, Canada, and Latin American and Africancountries while actively calling for assistance to the settlement of waraftermath.

A report at the meeting read that foreignnon-governmental organisations (NGOs) supported Vietnam with more than300 million USD in 2014. They tend to provide development assistanceinstead of those solely for humanitarian purposes.

Don TuanPhong, VUFO General Secretary and Vice Chairman, said the organisationwill strive to connect foreign donors and NGOs with domestic ministries,sectors and localities and actively design and propose projects in needof support.-VNA

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