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Friendship get-together celebrates Lunar New Year

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Committee for Foreign Non-governmental Organisation Affairs co-hosted a get-together in Hanoi on Feb 6 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Friendship get-together celebrates Lunar New Year ảnh 1Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and delegates to the get-togther (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and theCommittee for Foreign Non-governmental Organisation Affairs (COMINGO) co-hosteda get-together in Hanoi on February 6 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet).

VicePresident Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh stressed that in 2017, Vietnam recorded proud achievementsin all fields from socio-economic development, security, defence to externalaffairs, especially the successful hosting of the APEC Year 2017 and the APECEconomic Leaders’ Week in Da Nang, which was highly evaluated by theinternational community.

Theseachievements were made partly thanks to the support and assistance fromdiplomatic corps and foreign non-governmental organisations, she said.

Thinhcongratulated VUFO and COMINGO on their performances in 2017, saying that thesesuccesses would strengthen and develop friendship, cooperation and mutualunderstanding between the people of Vietnam and other countries around theworld.

VUFOVice President and Secretary General Don Tuan Phong told participants that lastyear, the Vietnamese people received support, assistance and effectivecooperation from the international community, nations, international andregional organisations and foreign non-governmental organisations.

Theamount of foreign non-governmental aid reached 280 million USD, contributing tothe country’s poverty reduction and socio-economic development, especially inthe fields of health, education, settlement of social issues, environmentalprotection, emergency relief, response to climate change and overcoming warconsequences, he noted.-VNA

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