According to Bui Van Nghi – General Secretary of the Vietnam-USA Society, the society is an active member of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO). During the 2012-2017 working term, Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien, former Deputy Foreign Minister, was elected as its president. The society has now seven members in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Kien Giang.
The society has established a partnership relationship with 300 organizations and thousands of private organizations in the US and foreign countries. Over the years, it has given top priority to major activities on promoting and establishing cooperation of mutual benefits in economics through people-to-people exchange; organizing working visits to the US for Vietnamese enterprises, educational and social organizations; providing information about the situation of each country and the bilateral relations to increase the mutual understanding between the two nations’ people; building and developing the network of friends and partners, including the Vietnamese community in the US; regularly organizing workshops and talks and meetings on the occasion of special ceremonies of each country. The society has also conducted surveys and proposed measures to further boost the bilateral relations and had activities on mobilization through the people-to-people diplomacy to make contributions to solving the current issues and minimizing differences that hinder Vietnam-US relations’ development.
The society has made great efforts to call upon the American people to pay more attention to the settlement of the war and agent orange/dioxin aftermaths and help war victims in Vietnam and provide international friends with information that help them understand more about Vietnam’s consistent policy on the East Sea issue, human rights, religion freedom and relations with the US.
The society also pays much attention to enhancing the relationship with organizations of America, such as VVA, VFW, VVMF and VVAF, restores the relationship with the American Legion and establish ties with new partners of SHI, VFP, VfV, and VVPI.
| « Through the Vietnam-USA Society, the American war veterans Association has so far provided Vietnam with about 300 files related to 10,000 Vietnamese soldiers who died and went missing during the war and helped Vietnam search for and collect about 1,000 martyrs. » |
Recently, to further promote the Vietnam-US relationship, the society and the Vietnam War Veterans Association gave an initiative to organize the Vietnam-US war veteran enterprise forum in the third quarter in 2014.
With its practical activities, the society has made important contributions to promoting mutual understanding and friendship cooperation between the two countries’ people in the future.
Story: Vinh Hung-Trinh Van Bo – Photo: The Vietnam-USA Society’s Files
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