Addressingthe function, Nguyen Lan Huong, Chairwoman of the Hanoi Union of FriendshipOrganisations, highlighted contributions made by the VJFA Hanoi to promotingthe friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in the fields of environment,transport and green technology over the past time, saying these helped spur thecapital city’s socio-economic development.
She urged the chapter to further consolidate its partnerships and expandrelations with Japanese partners by calling for investment and transferringtechnologies in environmental protection and urban transport development,especially in major urban areas like Hanoi.
Over the past tenure, the VJFA Hanoi successfully organised activities markingmajor holidays of Hanoi, Vietnam as well as the celebration of diplomatic tiesbetween Vietnam and Japan.
Besides, the chapter mobilised different resources for its operation, enhancedits solidarity and friendship with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam andcoordinated with relevant agencies to organise practical activities in a bid tostrengthen the solidarity and friendship between Hanoi and Japan’s Tokyo.
It aims to intensify communications work to promulgate foreign policies,especially people-to-people diplomacy, of the Party, State and Hanoi inparticular, while promoting the land and people of Vietnam and Hanoi toJapanese friends, and hold more visits and cultural exchange programmes.
The congress elected a 26-member executive board headed by Vu Van Vien,Director of the municipal Department of Transport for the 2017-2022 term.-VNA