The document is also hoped to further promote cooperationbetween the two countries in politics, economy, culture, tourism, science-technologyand people-to-people exchange.
Addressing the signing ceremony in Hanoi on July 10, VUFOVice President and Secretary General Don Tuan Phong highlighted the traditionalrelations between Vietnam and India, saying that the two nations have alwayssupported and assisted each other in their past struggles for nationalliberation as well as current processes of national construction.
The MoU is a foundation for the two sides to deployspecific activities in a bid to further promote mutual understanding,traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the Vietnamese andIndian people, contributing to the realisation of agreements reached between seniorleaders, he noted.
Phong promised that the VUFO and the Vietnam-India FriendshipAssociation will create favourabe conditions and fully implement the MoU.
ISCUF Secretary General Bijay Kumar Padhihari said the MoU will notonly deepen the friendship and mutual understanding between the Indian andVietnamese people, but also open a new direction for settling international issuesof mutual concern.
Under the document, the two sides willrecommend the two Governments to commend organisations and individuals for theircontributions to enhancing exchange, friendship and cooperation between the twocountries’ people.
They will also work together to organise seminars,forums, fairs, and visits of business delegations; provide the two sides’enterprises with information about each other’s business climate; introduce attractivetourism sites of the two nations; and suggest relevant authorities of bothsides consider establishing bonds among their localities.-VNA