Vietnam, China Red Cross Societies intensify cooperation
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) have agreed to further their mutual support when there are natural disasters or catastrophes through humanitarian aid.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and the Red CrossSociety of China (RCSC) have agreed to further their mutualsupport when there are natural disasters or catastrophes through humanitarianaid.
The consensus was reached during a meeting between VRCSPresident Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu and RCSC President Chen Zhu in Hanoi on January18.
The two sides encouraged their chapters in cities andprovinces sharing the border line to set up cooperative ties and increase theexchange of experience in carrying out activities for youths and volunteers.
Chen Zhu, who is also Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee ofChina and Vice President of the International Federationof Red Cross andRed Crescent Societies, expressed his hope that the two sides will continue to joinhands in developing projects and mobilising more resources, contributing toeasing difficulties facing vulnerable groups in Asia.
The RCSC will try to provide more financial aid to itsVietnamese counterpart and continue to help the society implement humanitarianand training projects, as well as community activities in Vietnam throughconcrete cooperation agreements, he said.
In the time to come, the RCSC will step up cooperationwith the five Mekong River countries of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar andThailand and establish a cooperation mechanism to deal with humanitarian challengesin the region, especially to increase public resilience to climate change.
For her part, Thu reviewed the RCSC’s assistance to hersociety in coping with natural disasters in 2016-2017, noting its relief aidworth about 7 billion VND (308,000 USD).
General Secretary of the Communist Party of VietnamNguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China andPresident Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding oncooperation between the two societies for 2017-2020 during the Vietnamese Partyleader’s visit to China in January 2016. -VNA
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