President hails position of OV community in Switzerland
Bern (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan
Phuc has hailed the overseas Vietnamese community as an “inseparable part” of
the Vietnamese nation and an important resource for the cause of national construction,
development and defence.
Meeting representatives
of Vietnamese associations, friendship organisations and community in Bern, Switzerland
on November 27 (local time), Phuc appreciated their opinions and
suggestions, saying that the Vietnamese Party and State intend to issue a
mechanism to effectively collect and capitalise on feedback and initiatives of
OV experts, intellectuals and businesspeople.
He
informed them that Vietnam’s business environment has improved, attracting a
large number of top investors to the country. External and global integration
activities have been stepped up actively, proactively and effectively. Vietnam
also signed and enforced a number of new-generation free trade agreements.
The leader wished that
the OVs would continue offering mutual support, help fellows at home overcome
the pandemic, as well as raise awareness of national traditions and culture
among young generations, especially the Vietnamese language.
Staff of the Vietnamese Embassy
in Switzerland were asked to better perform citizen protection and hold
practical activities to contribute to the homeland, thereby upholding the power
of great national unity.
On the occasion, the
President presented the Friendship Order to the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship
Association (SVFA) in honour of its contributions to the friendship between the two countries' people.
President of the Vietnam
Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga also granted the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations”, the most noble distinction
of the VUFO, to SVFA President Anjuska Weil.
As scheduled on November 28
morning (local time), President Phuc and his spouse will leave Bern for Geneva
to meet Director General of the UN Office in Geneva Tatiana Valovaya, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Director General of the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) Daren Tang./.