VIET NAM - JAPAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

 

Date of establishment: June 4, 1965

President: Mr. To Huy Rua, former Politburo member, former Secretary of the Party Central Committee, former Head of the Party Central Committee's Organization Committee.

Vice Presidents:

1. Permanent Vice President: Mr. Bui Khac Son, Vice President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations
2. Mr. Nguyen Phu Binh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan, Chairman of the Association in Overseas Vietnamese
3. Mr. Nguyen Si Dung, former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office
4. Mr. Doan Xuan Hung, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan
5. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan
6. Ms. Ngo Minh Thuy, Director of the Institute for Research on Development of Culture, Language and Education, President of the Vietnamese Alumni Club in Japan, former Vice Principal of the National University of Foreign Languages Hanoi family

Secretary General: Ms. Tran Thi Xuan Oanh, Director General of Asia - Africa Department, Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations

Address: 105A Quan Thanh Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi
Phone: +84.24 3823 2012
Email: banaphivufo@gmail.com

Other information:

Principle and Objectives:

The Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association is a social organization of Vietnamese citizens and organizations who are interested in or involved in people-to-people diplomacy activities with Japan. It is voluntarily established with the aim of gathering and uniting its members and effectively organizing Viet Nam - Japan people-to-people diplomatic activities.

The purpose of the Association is to contribute to strengthening and expanding the traditional friendship, solidarity, and mutual understanding between the peoples of Viet Nam and Japan; consolidating and developing friendly relations and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology, education and training, culture, sports, and tourism between Viet Nam and Japan for the benefit of the peoples of both countries, for peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world, and contributing to the socio-economic development of the country.

Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Associations in provinces:

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Hanoi City

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Hai Phong City

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Da Nang City

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

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Can Tho city

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Vinh Phuc province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Hai Duong province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Thai Nguyen province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Bac Ninh province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Bac Giang province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Thanh Hoa province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Nghe An province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Binh Dinh province

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

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Khanh Hoa province

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

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Dak Lak province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Dong Thap province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Kien Giang province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Vinh Long province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Binh Duong province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Dong Nai province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Long An province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Ben Tre province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Tra Vinh province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Hau Giang province

- Viet Nam - Japan Friendship Association of Bac Lieu province

Sub-Associations/Affiliates:

- Vietnamese Alumni Club in Japan

- Viet Nam - Japan Business Club

- Viet Nam - Japan Cultural Club

- Viet Nam - Japan Cooperation Center

Partners:

- Viet Nam Association in Japan

- Japan - Viet Nam Friendship Association

- Japan - Viet Nam Friendship Association in Ibaraki Province

- Japan-Viet Nam Peace and Friendship Development Council (JVPF)

- Japanese Embassy in Viet Nam

Main activities:

- Organizing commemorative meetings on the occasion of major holidays in Viet Nam and other countries.

- Facilitating the exchange of information, documents, books, and newspapers between the Association and both domestic and international partners.

- Arranging delegations for visits and working trips abroad, as well as art troupes to perform in Japan.

- Organizing and welcoming delegations from partner organizations; arranging thematic tour groups.

- Collaborating with partners to organize discussions and seminars on political, cultural, economic, scientific, and educational topics.

- Acting as a bridge to promote cultural and economic exchanges between Japanese organizations and companies and the Association's members, as well as Vietnamese organizations and businesses.

- Encouraging Japanese partners to participate in charity and humanitarian activities in Viet Nam, such as building hospitals and schools, and supporting efforts to mitigate the consequences of war and natural disasters.