The Viet Nam–Uzbekistan Friendship Association convened its sixth national congress for the 2025–2030 term in Hanoi on May 17. Nguyen Ngoc Hung, vice president of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), attended and gave a speech.
Also attending were Uong Chu Luu, former Member of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee, former Vice Chairman of Viet Nam's National Assembly, chairman of the Viet Nam Peace Committee; Phan Xuan Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, chairman of the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations; representatives of ministries, departments, branches, bilateral friendship associations of Viet Nam with European countries and a large number of members of the Viet Nam - Uzbekistan Friendship Association.
The congress elected a 48-member Executive Committee for the 2025–2030 term, with Ambassador Lai Ngoc Doan as president.
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| 48-member Executive Committee of the Viet Nam–Uzbekistan Friendship Association for the 2025–2030 term. Photo: Dinh Hoa |
Over the past five years, the association has made significant efforts in organizing practical and meaningful people-to-people diplomacy activities, contributing to promoting the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries' people, in alignment with the foreign policy and guidelines of the Vietnamese Party and the State.
The association also closely collaborated with the Uzbekistan–Viet Nam Friendship Association and the Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendly Cooperation with Foreign Countries of Uzbekistan to organize a wide range of people-to-people exchange activities. These initiatives helped strengthen mutual understanding and promote the cultures and people of both countries.
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| Nguyen Ngoc Hung, vice president of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), delivers a speech. Photo: Dinh Hoa |
Speaking at the Congress, the VUFO Vice President hailed the efforts of the association in the 2018-2025 term, and suggested five key tasks for the new term.
First, build an action program to implement the Resolution of the 6th Congress for the entire term and each year, closely following the working orientation of the VUFO.
Second, innovate the form and content of activities in accordance with the potential of the two countries and the advantages of people-to-people diplomacy; increase the participation of young people, businesses and universities on the basis of bringing benefits to all participants. Organizing information sharing sessions and online seminars, the VUFO is ready to support, coordinate and provide necessary conditions for the association to organize these activities.
Third, in terms of partners, the association currently mainly maintains relations with the Uzbekistan - Viet Nam Friendship Association and the Uzbekistan the Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendly Cooperation with Foreign Countries. In the coming time, the association needs to continue to exchange and maintain regular contact to consolidate and maintain relations with these traditional partners. A positive signal is that within the framework of the official visit to Uzbekistan by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man in April 2025, the two sides agreed to consider the early opening of representative offices in each country to strengthen connections and promote effective bilateral cooperation. This is an extremely necessary condition, the association needs to pay attention to preparing for this plan, Hung said. In the immediate future, it is necessary to promote the role of the Vietnamese community and Vietnamese businesses operating in Uzbekistan in connecting and exchanging with local partners, especially organizations and units interested in and having cooperative relations with Viet Nam.
Fourth, increase the content of promoting economic, trade, educational and tourism cooperation in people-to-people exchange activities; act as a bridge for twinning and cooperation between enterprises, universities, research institutes and localities to implement the economic diplomacy policy.
Fifth, promote information sharing, enhace the application of information technology to more widely inform about the foreign policies and achievements of Viet Nam as well as Uzbekistan so that the two sides can understand each other better.
On this occasion, Hung presented the souvenir flag of the Presidium of the VUFO with the words "Proactive, flexible, creative, effective" to the association.
Source: Vietnamtimes
