VIET NAM - FRANCE FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION ASSOCIATION

 

Date of establishment: July 2, 1955

President: Ms. Nguyen Thuy Anh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Policies and Strategies

Vice Presidents:

1. Mr. Phan Thanh Binh, former Member of the Party Central Committee, former Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, former Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children
2. Mr. Ngo Chi Dung, Chairman of the Administrative Council of Eco Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, General Director of Tam Anh Hospital
3. Mr. To Ngoc Giang, Executive Vice President of Viet Nam Airlines Joint Stock Company
4. Mr. Pham Ngoc Minh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viet Nam Airlines Joint Stock Company, President of Ha Noi Bordeux Wine Association
5. Mr. Le Quan, President of Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi
6. Mr. Nguyen Thiep, former Vietnamese Ambassador to France
7. Mr. Nguyen Lan Trung, former Vice Rector of University of Languages and International Studies of Viet Nam National Universtiy Ha Noi, President of the Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Ha Noi City

Secretary General: Mr. Nguyen Trung Hien, Deputy Director of the Cooperation and Development Department of Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi

Address: 105A Quan Thanh Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi
Phone: +84.24. 3845 4547
Email: chauau.vufo@gmail.com; banthuki.aacvf@gmail.com
Facebook: L’Association d’Amitié et de Coopération Vietnam - France (http://facebook.com/AACVF1995/)

Other information:

Principle and Objectives:

- The Viet Nam - France Friendship and Cooperation Association (AACVF) is a voluntarily-established social organization of Vietnamese citizens and organizations interested in or related to activities in the field of people-to-people relations with France.

- The Association is aimed at gathering and uniting, protecting the rights and legitimate interests of its members and organizing effective people-to-people exchange activities between the Vietnamese and French people. It endeavors to enhance and expand the relations of traditional solidarity, friendship and mutual understanding between the Vietnamese and French people; to leverage the sympathy and support of French people for the cause of national construction and defense of Vietnamese people; to consolidate and develop the bilateral cooperation in various fields for the benefit of the people of both countries, for peace, cooperation and development, contributing to the socio-economic development.

Viet Nam – France Friendship Associations in provinces:

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Ha Noi City

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Hai Duong province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of  in Ho Chi Minh City

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Dong Thap province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Da Nang City

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of An Giang province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Can Tho City

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Long An province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Thua Thien Hue province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Tuyen Quang province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of  Ba Ria – Vung Tau province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Hai Phong City

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Yen Bai province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Nghe An province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Quang Ninh province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Kien Giang province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Binh Dinh province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Quang Nam province

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Association of Dong Nai province

Sub-Associations/Affiliates:

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Sub-Association of Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Sub-Association of E Hospital and Unviersity of Medicine and Pharmacy of Viet Nam National University Hanoi

- Sub-Association of French teachers

- Albert Sarraut School Alumni Club

- Sub – Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese in New Caledoniaa and Vanuatu

- Sub-Association of the alumni of the France – Viet Nam Center for Training and Management

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Sub-Association of University of Science and Technology of Ha Noi

- Sub- Association of the French Alumni Viet Nam Association

- Club of Francophone Activities and Studies

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Sub-Association of Hanoi University of Business and Technology

- Viet Nam – France Friendship Sub-Association of Viet Nam German Friendship Hospital.

Partners:

- France – Viet Nam Friendship Association  (AAVF)

- The Embassy of France in Viet Nam

- French Institute in Viet Nam

- France – Viet Nam Medical Federation

Main activities:

- Organizing annual activities to commemorate major holidays and important events of both countries, to celebrate the establishment day of Viet Nam – France Diplomatic Relations.

- Organizing delegations to visit and work with partners in France; coordinating program, activities for the French delegations visiting Viet Nam.

- Coordinating with partners to organize people-to-people activities such as: cultural exchanges, exhibitions, books/poems translation, round-table talks, friendship meetings, conferences, forums in order to enhance mutual understanding, to connect and foster effective cooperation between the peoples of Viet Nam and France in economics, trade, culture, arts, education, health, etc.

- Carrying out external information activities: actively and often post information, video clip covering the Association’s activities on media and social networks; publishing bilingual Vietnamese – French books/ magazines, etc.

- Carrying out external information work: actively propagate the Association's activities on media and social networks; Organizing the publication of Vietnamese - French bilingual publications...

- Leveraging the participation of French people and organizations in activities or projects to improve livelihoods, provide educational assistance to students with disabilities or in difficult circumstances, to implement humanitarian programs for the victims of Agent Orange in Viet Nam.