Marie C. Damour, Consul General of the US in Ho Chi Minh City, speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A meeting was held in Ho Chi MinhCity on July 5 to mark the 246th anniversary of US Independence Day (July 4).
Organised by the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam-US FriendshipAssociation, the event reflected the solidarity and friendship between thepeople of the city and the people of the United States.
President of the city’s Vietnam-US Friendship Association Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong said the universal values of independence-freedom-friendshipof the US Declaration of Independence are good values that all countriesagree on, especially the principle that "all human beings are born equal. Everyone has the right to live and the rightto pursue happiness.”
Referring to activities of the association inpromoting people-to-people diplomacy between the two sides, she said that ithas coordinated with Xua va Nay (Past & Present) magazine to publish a book in English titled “200 years of Vietnam-USrelations”, adding that this is a historical and cultural work marking the goodrelationship between the two countries.
Addressing the event, Marie C. Damour, Consul General of theUS in Ho Chi Minh City, highly appreciated the efforts during the past 20 yearsof the city’s Union of FriendshipOrganisations and the Vietnam-US Friendship Association in tightening people-to-people diplomacy between the two countries.
She expressed her wish that in the coming time, Vietnam willcontinue to create favourable conditions for US businesses to invest in diverse fieldssuch as trade and investment, education, health care and energy.
The US and Vietnam have a common commitment to peace and security and can work together to overcome challenges and conquer the future as partners, she said./.
