Vietnam-Switzerland Solidarity Day held in Zurich
Zurich (VNA) – The
Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association (SVFA) in coordination with the
Vietnamese community in Switzerland held Solidarity Day 2023 in Zurich on December 3 to strengthen solidarity and mutual support between people
of the two countries for peace and friendship among nations in the world.
The event also drew the participation of representatives of the Vietnamese
community in France and Italy.
In his remarks at the event, Y Thong, Deputy Minister - Vice Chairman of the
Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, said that the Vietnamese Party, State
and people always appreciate SVFA’s spiritual and material support as well
as 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 Switzerland
always support and coordinate with the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland, as well as
Vietnam’s Permanent Mission in Geneva in activities aiming at promoting
people-to-people and cultural exchanges and collecting donations to help
disadvantaged people in Vietnam.
On this occasion, Ambassador Le
Thi Tuyet Mai, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN, the World Trade
Organisation and other organisations in Geneva, recalled the association's
contributions over the past years. She hoped that members of SVFA and the
Association of Vietnamese in Switzerland will continue to maintain and expand
the activities of the two associations.
President of the SVFA Anjuska Weil expressed her belief that with the support
of the Vietnamese Embassy in Bern and the Vietnamese Mission in Geneva, more
projects supporting the needy in Vietnam will be carried out in the future./.