VIET NAM – ARMENIA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCATION

 

Date of establishment: March 14, 2014

President: Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan, former Member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Executive Committee, former Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee, former Chairman of People's Council of Hai Phong

Vice Presidents:

1. Vice President cum Secretary General: Mr. Mai Quang Vinh, former Director of the Institute of Agricultural Genetics - Viet Nam Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2. Mr. Vu Dang Nguyen, former Head of the Department of Functional Diagnostics - Hospital 103, Viet Nam Military Medical Academy
3. Mr. Nguyen Duy Dzung, former Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies – Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences
4. Mr. Le Canh Nhac, former Deputy Director General, General Department of Population and Family Planning - Ministry of Health
5. Mr. Duong Manh Cuong, former Head of Market Service Department, Viet Nam Airlines Corporation

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 - Armenia Friendship Association  (VAFA) is a social organization, operating in accordance with the Association's Charter, the Charter of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations and the Law of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

- The Association endeavors to enhance and expand traditional solidarity, friendly cooperative relations and mutual understanding between the peoples of Viet Nam and Armenia; to leverage sympathy and support of the Armenian people for the cause of national construction and defense of the Vietnamese people; to consolidate and develop multifaceted cooperation on economics, trade, science-technology, education-training, culture, sports, tourism, etc. between the peoples of the Viet Nam and Armenia.

Partners:

- Armenian Embassy in Ha Noi

- Yerevan State University

Main activities:

- Organizing annual activities to commemorate major holidays and important events of Viet Nam - Armenia relations: Establishment Day of Diplomatic Relations (July 14th), Independence Day of Armenia (September 21st), National Day of Viet Nam (September 2nd).

- Coordinating delegation exchanges between Viet Nam and Armenia.

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

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

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