May 24, 2017 | 21:22 (GMT+7)
Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association has new president
PANO - Ms. Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC), Head of the PCC’s Commission for Mass Mobilization, has been named President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association (fourth term) in the 2013-2018 period.
Newly-appointed and former presidents of the association Truong Thi Mai and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (1st and 2nd from left, respectively) at the event
A ceremony to announce the association’s president took place on May 23 in Hanoi by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and the association.
Addressing the ceremony, National Assembly’s Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan believed that newly-appointed president Mai would accomplish her missions, contributing to strongly developing the association and fostering the special friendship between the two countries.
The association’s president Mai emphasized that she was honored to take the appointment. She took this occasion to thank the association’s former President Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan for her precious contributions to the association’s development and to deepen the special ties and solidarity between the two Parties, States and peoples.
Translated by Mai Huong