Embassy pledges support for France - Vietnam Friendship Association
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has received a delegation of the 17th-tenure standing board of the France - Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) in Paris.
Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang (sixth from right) and representatives of the France - Vietnam Friendship Association pose for a photo at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to FranceDinh Toan Thang has received a delegation of the 17th-tenure standingboard of the France - Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) in Paris.
The AAFV representatives expressed their determination tofurther promote solidarity activities for the sake of the Vietnamese people, at the November 24 event.
Pointing out certain difficulties in attracting youngpeople’s participation and handling administrative procedures, they said theyhope relevant agencies of Vietnam, especially the People’s Aid CoordinatingCommittee under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), willcreate more favourable conditions in terms of procedures so that the AAFV cancarry out activities and projects benefiting more Vietnamese people.
AmbassadorThang highly valued the AAFV’s contributions and called on it to actively takepart in major activities of the Vietnam - France relations in 2023, includingthe 12th decentralised cooperation conference in Hanoi and eventsmarking 50 years since the signing of the Paris Agreement, the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties, and the 10th anniversary of thestrategic partnership.
The Vietnamese Embassy in France is always readyto coordinate with and help resolve difficulties facing the association toimplement activities in the Southeast Asian country, he added.
The 17th congress of the AAFV, set up in 1961,took place in November 2021./.
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Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang (sixth from right) and representatives of the France - Vietnam Friendship Association pose for a photo at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
