VN, US enhance people-to-people exchanges

Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien (second from right) takes photo with VFW delegation members

At the reception, delegation members showed interest in economic collaboration between the two countries’ organisations and veterans, as well as measures to tackle post-war consequences in Viet Nam such as bombs and mines, unexploded ordnance, and Agent Orange.

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 organisationcomprising of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, guard and reserve forces.

Established in 1899, the organisation now has 1.7 million members with nearly 8,400 branches around the world./.

By Vien Nhu