On the morning of July 11, 2023, the Dong Nai province
Union of Friendship Organizations organized the progress meeting of association
affairs for the first 6 months of 2023. Attending the meeting were the
Presidents and Vice Presidents of 10 friendship associations between Vietnam
and countries: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Russian Federation,
France, China, United States, ASEAN.
Overview of the meeting
The meeting reviewed the people-to-people diplomacy
activities of friendship associations. Accordingly, in the first 6 months of
2023, friendship associations proactively developed and implemented the
Associations' programs and operational plans in-depth such as successfully
organizing term congresses, organizing exchange activities, connecting with
Consulates General of countries in Ho Chi Minh City and FDI enterprises
investing in Dong Nai. The activities of the associations have shown
flexibility, creativity and high efficiency. The total number of members of the
associations is 10,646 members.
At the meeting, delegates also focused on contributing
opinions related to solutions to diversify forms of organizing people-to-people
diplomacy activities, developing branches and memberships of friendship associations;
connect and organize activities between friendship associations...

Leaders of friendship associations speaking at the meeting
According
to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tri, President of Dong Nai province Union of Friendship
Organizations, in the remaining months of 2023, Dong Nai province Union of
Friendship Organizations and 10 friendship associations will coordinate with
local organizations and relevant agencies to organize 20 people-to-people
diplomacy activities, including: organizing new term congresses for provincial
friendship associations: Vietnam - China, Vietnam - France, Vietnam - United
States; friendship exchanges to celebrate the anniversaries of countries with
which Vietnam has established diplomatic relations...
In addition, the Union of Friendship
Organizations of Dong Nai province will also coordinate with friendship
associations to organize activities towards the 10th Anniversary of the
establishment of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Dong Nai province
(2013-2023): organize The Bilingual Media Product Design Contest on the
history, culture, land and people of Dong Nai province; Friendship Melodies
Festival and cultural exchange with Consulates General of countries in Ho Chi
Minh City; Contest on study and understandings about the people – to – people diplomacy
in Dong Nai province...