VIET NAM - INDIA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

 

Date of establishment: November 11, 1982

President: Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Science and Technology

Vice Presidents:

1. Mr. Ha Minh Hue, former Vice President of Viet Nam Journalists Association, Vice President cum General Secretary of Viet Nam - India Friendship Association
2. Ms. Chu Thuy Quynh, President of the Viet Nam Dance Artists Association
3. Mr. Vu Quang Diem, former Vietnamese Ambassador to India
4. Poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Viet Nam Writers Association
5. Mr. Huynh Thanh Lap, former Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Viet Nam - India Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City
6. Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Vice Chairman - General Secretary of the Central Executive Council of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha

Address: 105A Quan Thanh Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi
Phone: +84.24. 3823 2229
Email: banaphivufo@gmail.com

Other information:

Principle and Objectives:

- The Viet Nam - India Friendship Association is a social organization of Vietnamese citizens and organizations that have an interest in or are involved in people-to-people diplomatic activities with India. The Association brings together members and organizes effective people-to-people diplomacy activities between Viet Nam and India.

- The purpose of the Association is to contribute to enhancing mutual understanding between the peoples of Viet Nam and India; to consolidate and develop the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries for peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world; and to contribute to the socio-economic development of the nation.

Partners:

- Indian representative agencies in Viet Nam

- India - Viet Nam Solidarity Committee

- National India - Viet Nam Friendship Association

- India - Viet Nam Friendship Association in Haryana state

- Indian Friendship and Cultural Cooperation Organization

- All India Peace and Solidarity Organization

Main activities:

- Organizing commemorative events on the occasion of major holidays in Viet Nam and India.

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

- Organizing delegations to visit and work in other countries, and arrange art troupes to perform in India (the Viet Nam-India People’s Friendship Festival).

- Hosting delegations of partners and organize thematic tour groups.

- Organizing and coordinating discussions and seminars with partners on political, cultural, economic, scientific, and educational topics.

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