Present at the meeting were Ms. Nguyen Thị Hoang Van, VUFO’s Secretary General; Mr. Vu Quang Diem, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka; Mr. Nguyen Van Tien, Director of the Army Theatre; representatives from VUFO’s departments and the Army Theatre’s artists.
At the meeting, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Van, on behalf of VUFO’s leaders, highly appreciated the visit of the delegation. She said that cultural exchange is the shortest way to promote solidarity and friendship relations between the peoples in the world and strengthen understandings among nations. The performance of the Sri Lakan artists in Vietnam is a good chance for the Vietnamese to have a good understanding of the country, people and culture of Sri Lanka.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Van also made an introduction to the delegation of VUFO’s organization structure, statutes, main tasks and member organizations. She added that the Vietnam - Sri Lanka Friendship Association is going to be established, which will play an important role in the enhancement of solidarity, friendship relations and bilateral cooperation between the two peoples.
On behalf of the delegation, Mr. N.P.V.C Piyathilake and Mr. S. Sudasinghe – General Secretary of the Sri Lanka - Vietnam Solidarity Association expressed sincere thanks for VUFO’s warm reception. Both highly appreciated the good traditional relations between the two countries. They hoped the two countries will have more activities to further strengthen solidarity, friendship relations and bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the future./.
