VIET NAM – RUSSIA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

 

Date of establishment: January 12, 1995

President: Mr. Phan Chi Hieu, President of Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences

Vice Presidents:

1. Permanent Vice President: Mr. Trinh Quoc Khanh, former General Director of the Joint Viet Nam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Center
2. Vice President cum Secretary General: Mr. Nguyen Dang Phat, former Head of the World News Editorial Department, Viet Nam News Agency
3. Mr. Bui Dinh Dinh, former Vietnamese Ambassador to the Russian Federation
4. Mr. Ngo Chi Dung, General Director of ECO Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company
5. Mr. Do Xuan Hoang, President of the Union of Vietnamese Organisations in Russia
6. Mr. Vu Viet Kieu, Director of Vietsovpetro Viet Nam-Russia Joint Venture Medical Center
7. Mr. Pham Thu, former officer of the Investigation Department, Supreme People's Procuracy
8. Mr. Vo Van Tuan, former Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Viet Nam People's Army

Address: 105A Quan Thanh Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi
Phone: +84.24. 3845 4547
Email: chauau.vufo@gmail.com
Website: www.hoihuunghivietnga.vn

Other information:

Principle and Objectives:

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association (VIRUFA) 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 Russia, protecting the rights and legitimate interests of its members and organizing effective Viet Nam - Russia 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 Russia; to leverage sympathy and support of the Russian people for the cause of national construction and defense of the Vietnamese people; to consolidate and develop bilateral cooperation on economics - trade, science - technology, education - training, culture, sports, tourism, etc. between Viet Nam and Russia 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 of the country.

Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Associations in provinces:

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Ha Noi City

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Ho Chi Minh City

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Hai Phong City

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Cao Bang province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Lang Son province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Thai Nguyen province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Phu Tho province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Bac Giang province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Vinh Phuc province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Quang Ninh province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Ha Long City

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Hai Duong province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Ninh Binh province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Nam Dinh province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Thai Binh province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Thanh Hoa province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Nghe An province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Ha Tinh province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Quang Binh province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Quang Tri province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Quang Nam province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Thua Thien - Hue province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Da Nang City

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Khanh Hoa province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Phu Yen province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Binh Duong province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Dong Nai province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Hau Giang province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Kien Giang province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Tien Giang province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Long An province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Dong Thap province

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Association of Can Tho City

- Viet Nam - Azerbaijan Friendship Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province

Sub-Associations/Affiliates:

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Ministry of Public Security

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of Hanoi National University

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov (MGU)

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Moscow University of Civil Engineering (MIXI)

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Plekhanov University of Economics

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

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Armored Corps, Ministry of Defense

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni on Press – Propaganda

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of Ha Noi Capital Lawyers

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Air Defense Force, Ministry of Defense

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of Viet Nam Steel Corporation

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Moscow University of Geology (MGRI)

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of the Soviet/Russian Trade Union School

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Moscow State Mining University

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the Alumni of Saint Petersburg State University of Economics

- Viet Nam - Russia Friendship Sub-Association of the teachers of Russian language and Russian Literature

Partners:

- Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ha Noi

- Russian Center for Science and Culture in Ha Noi

- Vietnamese Association in the Russian Federation

- Fund on the promotion of the development of Viet Nam - Russia cooperation "Tradition and Friendship"

- Russia - Viet Nam Friendship Society

- Russian Veterans Association

- Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg

- Ho Chi Minh Institute - Saint Petersburg State University

Main activities:

- Organizing annual activities to commemorate major holidays and important events of Viet Nam - Russia relations: Establishment Day of Diplomatic Relations (January 30th), National Day of Russia (June 12th), National Day of Viet Nam (September 2nd), Russian October Revolution (November 7th), Signing Day of the Treaty on the Basic Principles of Friendly Relations between Viet Nam and the Russian Federation (June 16th), ...

- Coordinating delegation exchanges between Viet Nam and Russia.

- Coordinating with partners to organize international conferences and seminars on promoting the role of people-to-people diplomacy in developing the friendly cooperative relations between Viet Nam and Russia.

- Supporting Party’s foreign affairs and State’s diplomacy to promote friendship, solidarity, and collaboration between Viet Nam and Russia.

- Publishing magazines, organizing external communication activities to introduce Viet Nam to friends, partners, and young generation of Russia with a view to foster mutual understanding between the two nations and peoples.

- Promoting cooperation in economics, trade, investment, culture, education, and tourism between the organizations, businesses, and universities of Russia and Vietnamese partners.