VN, US enhance people-to-people exchanges
VGP- Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien, President of the Viet Nam-U.S. Society in Ha Noi on March 18 received a delegation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US (VFW), who are on a Viet Nam visit from March 15-23.
Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien (second from right) takes photo with VFW delegation members |
VFW Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief Hal Roesch said that the delegation’s visit aims at studying the two countries’ cooperation in the search for U.S. servicemen who went missing in action (MIA) during the war in Viet Nam.
In turn, Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien, President of the Viet Nam-U.S. Society briefed the delegation on Viet Nam’s current situation, its foreign policy, Viet Nam-U.S. relations, as well as activities conducted by the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Viet Nam-US Society (VUS) in promoting people-to-people exchanges.
He affirmed that the VUFO and VUS will create all favourable conditions for the delegation to help it have an effective visit to Viet Nam.
In 1994, the VFW set up relations with the VUS, and sends a delegation to Viet Nam almost every year to learn about the country’s situation and the bilateral relations, especially in the settlement of MIA-related issue.
VFW is a nonprofit veterans service org
Established in 1899, the organisation now has 1.7 million members with nearly 8,400 branches around the world./.
By Vien Nhu