On the morning of June 29, in Ben Tre
province, Cluster 4 - Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations held a
conference to summarize the results of the first 6 months of the year and
implement tasks for the last 6 months of 2023.
The conference was attended by Vice
Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Ben Tre Provincial
National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Truc Son, representative of the Southern
Office - Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and members of Cluster 4.
The overview of the Conference
In
the first 6 months of 2023, members of Cluster 4 actively advised the local
authorities on leading and directing documents on people-to-people diplomacy. At
the same time preside over and closely coordinate with departments, sectors and
member associations to successfully organize many friendship and cultural
exchange events with the people of other countries with diverse contents and
forms.
Foreign non-governmental affairs is also well
implemented. Despite many changes in the world context, resources from foreign
non-governmental organizations were deployed throughout Cluster 4 members out
of 70 aid amounts with a total committed funding of about VND 165 billion.
At
the Conference, representatives of Friendship Unions shared their experiences
in external information affairs, in the implementation of people-to-people
diplomacy tasks in the first 6 months of 2023, difficulties and obstacles in
the process of operating and carrying out the work on overseas Vietnamese... In
which, there are many models and good ways to learn. The conference combining
preliminary review and experience sharing helped spread the effectiveness and
support each other during the operation of the Cluster.
In the last 6 months
of 2023, members of the Cluster will continue to promote peaceful and friendly
activities with the peoples of other countries. Continue to improve the
effectiveness of foreign non-governmental affairs, and external information
affairs. Simultaneously, creating common playgrounds, in which the Friendship
Melodies Program will be held in Tien Giang province; the conference honors
typical advanced collectives and individuals in people-to-people diplomacy and
summarizes the results of the Cluster in 2023.