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.

VUFO is a socio-political organisation specialising in people-to-people diplomacy and working under the Communist Party of Vietnam’s leadership and the State’s management.

For 2015, it plans to organise an array of activities honouring the international community’s support on the occasion of the 70th National Day (September 2) and the 40th anniversary of the Southern Vietnam Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30).

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

VUFO will increase people-to-people exchanges with ASEAN and European nations as well as with the US, Canada, and Latin American and African countries while actively calling for assistance to the settlement of war aftermath.

A report at the meeting read that foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) supported Vietnam with more than 300 million USD in 2014. They tend to provide development assistance instead of those solely for humanitarian purposes.

Don Tuan Phong, VUFO General Secretary and Vice Chairman, said the organisation will strive to connect foreign donors and NGOs with domestic ministries, sectors and localities and actively design and propose projects in need of support.-VNA