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Vietnamese, Japanese youths’ 25-year cooperation marked in Hanoi

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 23 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Alumni Club of Youth Friendship (VACYF) and the 25th year of cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese youths.
Vietnamese, Japanese youths’ 25-year cooperation marked in Hanoi ảnh 1A ceremony takes place in Hanoi on December 23 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Alumni Club of Youth Friendship (VACYF) and the 25th year of cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese youths. (Photo: Tien Phong)

Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 23 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Alumni Club of Youth Friendship (VACYF) andthe 25th year of cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese youths.

Theevent was organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) CentralCommittee, the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam (NCYV) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

In hisremarks at the event, HCYU First Secretary Nguyen Anh Tuan said with thegrowing Vietnam – Japan relations, cooperation between the two countries’youths have been strengthened and become more effective, contributing tobolstering friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples.

Year1995 marked the start of cooperation between the HCYU, NCYV and Japanesepartners with the signing of an agreement with JICA Vietnam on the FriendshipYouth Programme for the 21st century, Tuan said, adding that over the last 25years, youth cooperation projects between the two countries have beenconstantly expanded.

Hehighlighted several outstanding programmes, such as the Ship for SoutheastAsian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP), the World Youth AllianceAsia-Pacific (WYAAP) Summer Camp, and an exchange programme between young politicians,which provide participants with an opportunity to explore knowledge and skillsin multiple fields and get to know more about Vietnam, Japan and theircultures.

Chairmanof the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Commission for External Relations HoangBinh Quan spoke highly of the VACYF’s activities, saying it hasacted as a bridge for closer partnership between the two countries’ youths./.
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