A performance of students from Binh Minh school at the event. (Photo: VNA) Zurich (VNA) – TheSwitzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association (SVFA) in coordination with theVietnamese community in Switzerland held Solidarity Day 2023 in Zurich on December 3 to strengthen solidarity and mutual support between peopleof the two countries for peace and friendship among nations in the world.
The event also drew the participation of representatives of the Vietnamesecommunity in France and Italy.
In his remarks at the event, Y Thong, Deputy Minister - Vice Chairman of theCommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, said that the Vietnamese Party, Stateand people always appreciate SVFA’s spiritual and material support as wellas its projects in Vietnam which contribute to settling consequences of war and reducing poverty in the country.
He also affirmed that the SVFA and the Association of Vietnamese in Switzerlandalways support and coordinate with the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland, as well asVietnam’s Permanent Mission in Geneva in activities aiming at promotingpeople-to-people and cultural exchanges and collecting donations to helpdisadvantaged people in Vietnam.
On this occasion, Ambassador LeThi Tuyet Mai, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN, the World TradeOrganisation and other organisations in Geneva, recalled the association'scontributions over the past years. She hoped that members of SVFA and theAssociation of Vietnamese in Switzerland will continue to maintain and expandthe activities of the two associations.
President of the SVFA Anjuska Weil expressed her belief that with the supportof the Vietnamese Embassy in Bern and the Vietnamese Mission in Geneva, moreprojects supporting the needy in Vietnam will be carried out in the future./.
