President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga attends the special video meeting between friendship organisations of ASEAN member nations and China on May 19. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of friendship organisations ofASEAN member nations and China held a special video meeting on May 19 to discuss response tothe COVID-19 pandemic and ways to boost people-to-people exchanges in the new situation.
Speaking at the event, President of the Vietnam Union ofFriendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga shared Vietnam’s experiencein combating COVID-19, with the motto “fighting the epidemic like fightingthe enemy” kept in mind.
As the ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam has worked closely with othermember states to contain the novel coronavirus through an unified,multi-sectoral and community-based approach, she said.
The ASEAN countries, in many ways, have cooperatedclosely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners, including China, toproduce prompt and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nga added.
She urged the countries to maintain a peaceful, stable andcooperative environment in the region to push back the epidemic andeconomic recession.
Solidarity and mutual assistance are the key for all countriesto overcome this difficult time, she said.
Nga went on to say that VUFO is committed tocoordinating closely with friendship organisations of the ASEAN nations to enhance exchangesand foster partnership between them and China./.
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