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VUFA President Luong Phan Cu addresses the event. |
Addressing the event, VUFA President Luong Phan Cu said over the past 30 years, Vietnam and Uzbekistan have gained many great achievements in socio-economic development and integration. Meanwhile, the bilateral relations between Vietnam and Uzbekistan have developed positively in many fields. The two countries have constantly maintained and developed a win-win partnership. Moreover, both sides have made major economic achievements. Especially, over the past two years, both countries have sustained positive growth despite impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Mr. Cu, the Vietnam-Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan-Vietnam Friendship Associations have jointly organized many meaningful activities, such as delegation exchange, the celebration of the establishment of diplomatic ties, each country’s National Day, business matching events, photo exhibitions and writing competitions to explore Uzbekistan’s nature, culture and people, among others.
In the coming time, the VUFA President noted that the association will actively coordinate with partners in Uzbekistan to step up people-to-people diplomacy and connect businesses of the two sides to promote economic, investment and tourism cooperation to commensurate with the potential and desire of each country.
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VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga presents an insignia to Mr. Rustamovich (left). |
For his part, Mukhamedov Alisher Rustamovich, Chairman of the Uzbekistan-Vietnam Friendship Association, underscored the traditional friendship between the two countries, adding that over the past time, many activities have been held to strengthen the solidarity and mutual understanding between the two countries, including the translation of late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh’s collection of poems “Nhat Ky Trong Tu” (Prison Diary) into Uzbek language.
On the occasion, in order to honor Mr. Mukhamedov Alisher Rustamovich's great contribution to the development of the traditional relationship between the two countries, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) President Nguyen Phuong Nga presented the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to him.
Besides, the VUFA president also received an insignia from Uzbekistan’s Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendship Cooperation with Foreign Countries for the same reason.
Translated by Minh Anh