People-to-people activities to be fostered in 2015
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