VIET NAM - AZERBAIJAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION
Date of establishment: October 10, 2015
President: Mr. Dang The Vinh, former Deputy Auditor-General of the State Audit Office of Viet Nam
Vice Presidents:
1. Vice President cum Secretary General: Mr. Pham Hong Quang, former Director of the Center for Informatics and Computing, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology
2. Mr. Dao Van Hoi, former Editor-in-Chief of Viet Nam Law Newspaper, Ministry of Justice
3. Mr. Bui Hoai Son, 15th National Assembly Deputy; Standing member of the National Assembly's Culture and Education Committee
4. Mr. Tran Quoc Thang, Deputy General Director of Viet Nam-Russia Joint Venture Vietsovpetro
Address: 105A Quan Thanh Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi.
Phone: +84.24. 3845 4547
Email: chauau.vufo@gmail.com
Other information:
Principle and objectives:
- Viet Nam - Azerbaijan Friendship Association (VAFA) is a voluntarily-established social organization, aiming at gathering and uniting Vietnamese citizens and organizations interested in or related to activities on people-to-people relations with Azerbaijan, protecting the rights and legitimate interests of its members and organizing effective Viet Nam - Azerbaijan people-to-people exchange activities.
- The Association endeavors to enhance and expand traditional solidarity, friendly cooperative relations and mutual understanding between the peoples of Viet Nam and Azerbaijan; to leverage sympathy and support of the people of Azerbaijan for the cause of national construction and defense of Vietnamese people; to consolidate and develop bilateral cooperation on economics - trade, science - technology, education - training, culture, sports, tourism, etc. for the benefit of the people of both countries, for peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world, contributing to the socio-economic development.
Viet Nam - Azerbaijan Friendship Associations in provinces:
- Viet Nam - Azerbaijan Friendship Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province
Sub-Associations/Affiliates:
- Viet Nam - Azerbaijan Friendship Sub-Association at Viet Nam - Russia Joint Venture Vietsovpetro
Partners:
- Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ha Noi
Main activities:
- Organizing annual activities to commemorate major holidays and important events of Viet Nam - Azerbaijan relations.
- Coordinating delegation exchanges between Viet Nam and Azerbaijan.
- Organizing events to exchange information on the situation of the bilateral relations in various fields, with a focus on promoting people-to-people exchanges between the Association and domestic and foreign partners.
- Promoting cooperation in economics, trade, investment, culture, education, and tourism between organizations, businesses, and universities of Azerbaijan and Vietnamese partners.