Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday, Platinum Jubilee marked in HCM City
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship
Organisations (HUFO) on
June 17 held a ceremony to celebrate the 96th birthday anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK and the Platinum Jubilee marking her 70-year reign.
Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the
Vietnam – UK Friendship Association (VUFA) in HCM City Tran
Hung Viet highlighted the significance of the events for the UK people.
With 70 years of reigning over Great Britain and the Commonwealth, Queen
Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving
female national leader in history, he stressed.
He also spotlighted the fruitful development of
the strategic partnership between Vietnam and the UK over the last 12 years, saying
that the two countries have coordinated to effectively implement bilateral
cooperation mechanisms and maintain good coordination at multilateral forums,
especially the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the ASEAN-UK cooperation.
The UK is Vietnam’s third largest trading partner in Europe. The
two-way trade hit 6.6 billion USD in 2021. Cooperation between the two
countries in other areas such as education-training, tourism, and people-to-people
exchange has been expanded.
Hung affirmed that the HUFO and VUFA in HCM City will make more efforts to fulfill
the role as a bridge connecting people of HCM City and the UK, contributing to
promoting exchange and cooperation between the two countries.
For his part, Deputy Consul General of the UK in
HCM City Sam Wood highly appreciated the work of HUFO and VUFA in HCM City in promoting people-to-people
diplomacy activities, contributing to strengthening the friendship and the
bilateral relationship between the UK and Vietnam.
The UK Consulate General in HCM City will actively coordinate
with the two organisations
to strengthen the friendship between people of the two countries, he said./.