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HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Union of
Friendship Organisations and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam-Hungary
Friendship Association (VHFA) held a gathering on August 20 to celebrate the
National Day of Hungary (August 20) and the 20th founding
anniversary of the chapter.
Chairman of the VHFA’s municipal chapter Le Minh Triet said
Vietnam and Hungary enjoy a time-honoured friendship. The Vietnamese people
never forget the wholeheartedly support and assistance that the Hungarian
Government and people have provided for their struggle for independence in the
past as well as the current development.
Over the past two decades, the chapter has made practical and effective
contributions to people-to-people diplomacy and cooperation between the two
countries, and between the city and Hungarian localities, particularly the
capital city of Budapest, he said.
Hungarian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City Balogdi
Tibor expressed his delight at the growing bilateral ties, adding that Ho Chi
Minh City is always a focus of cultural, education and trade exchange between
the two countries.
On the occasion, the municipal People’s Committee
presented the traditional flag to the Vietnam-Hungary Friendship Association in
honour of its dedication to the city’s people-to-people diplomacy over the past
two decades.-VNA