IFRC Secretary General lauds cooperation with Vietnam
Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), has spoken highly of the collaboration between his organisation and Vietnam at a recent meeting with Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (second, right), head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, and Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, at their meeting (Photo: VNA)
Geneva (VNA) - Jagan Chapagain, SecretaryGeneral of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies(IFRC), has spoken highly of the collaboration between his organisation and Vietnamat a recent meeting with Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Vietnamese PermanentMission to the UN, World Trade Organisation and other internationalorganisations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Chapagain lauded the active engagement of the Vietnam Red CrossSociety (VRCS) in mobilising resources and support from international partners,including the IFRC, for COVID-19 prevention and control as well as for the alleviationof natural disaster aftermath.
The IFRC has, in turn, actively called for international donors’assistance for Vietnam, he said.
He took the occasion to thank the Vietnamese Government forbacking the IFRC’s cooperation with the VRCS and with the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN), expressing his hope for further support in thetime to come.
The official pledged to reinforce the IFRC -VRCS collaborationand proposed the Vietnamese Government to facilitate the IFRC in expanding itsoperations in Vietnam.
For her part, Mai thanked the organisation for itsassistance to Vietnam, particularly in COVID-19 control and for floodvictims in central Vietnam.
The diplomat affirmed that the Vietnamese Governmentsupports joint work between the IFRC and VRCS as well as between the IFRC andASEAN.
Welcoming the IFRC’s plan to expand activities in Vietnam,Mai said she will work with relevant agencies to speed up relatedprocedures.
She requested theorganisation to continue its mobilisation of technical support and resources fromits partners to help Vietnamese people via the VRCS, particularly in riskmanagement, natural disasters and climate change response, injury prevention,first aid, and evacuation.
Mai also asked for the IFRC’s support for the VRCS’scapacity building and participation in regional and international cooperation.
Founded in 1919, the Geneva-based IFRC now consists of 192 nationalred cross and red crescent societies./.
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Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai (second, right), head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, and Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, at their meeting (Photo: VNA) 
