99th Great Union Day of Romania marked in HCM City
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations and the HCM City chapter of the Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association held a ceremony on December 2 to mark the 99th Great Union Day of the European nation (December 1, 1918).
Chairman of the HCM City chapter of the Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association Nguyen Si Thang speaks at the celebration on December 2 (Photo: voh.com.vn)
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Union ofFriendship Organisations and the HCM City chapter of the Vietnam-RomaniaFriendship Association held a ceremony on December 2 to mark the 99th GreatUnion Day of the European nation (December 1, 1918).
Chairman of the HCM City chapter of theVietnam-Romania Friendship Association Nguyen Si Thang highlighted the Romanianpeople’s wholehearted support and assistance for Vietnam’s struggle fornational reunification in the past and development at present.
He noted more than 4,000 engineers and expertsin various fields of Vietnam received training in Romania, and they have beengreatly contributing to national development. They are a priceless asset of thetwo countries’ friendship and also a bridge enhancing bilateral cooperation.
In recent years, cooperation between Ben Treprovince and Tulcea country, Hue and Iasi cities, Da Nang and Timisoara cities,the PetroVietnam University and the Oil and Gas University of Ploiesti, alongwith trade promotion activities, cultural and people-to-people exchanges havehelped intensified Vietnam-Romania relations in multiple spheres, Thang added.
Addressing the ceremony, Romanian Ambassador toVietnam Valeriu Arteni thanked people of Vietnam, including HCM City, for theirsound sentiments towards his country, adding that with many similarities, theRomanian and Vietnamese people are becoming closer, helping to bolster theirmultifaceted cooperation.
He appreciated activities of the Vietnam-RomaniaFriendship Association over the last 26 years. The organisation and its localsubsidiaries, particularly the HCM City chapter, have continually supported theRomanian Embassy and actively helped to strengthen the two countries’traditional friendship.-VNA
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Chairman of the HCM City chapter of the Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association Nguyen Si Thang speaks at the celebration on December 2 (Photo: voh.com.vn) 
