Late American peace activist Rennie Davis commemorated
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on April 15 held a ceremony to commemorate and posthumously present the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to Rennie Davis, an American peace activist and a loyal friend of Vietnam.
VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga posthumously presents the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to late American peace activist Rennie Davis (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Union of FriendshipOrganisations (VUFO) on April 15 held a ceremony to commemorate and posthumouslypresent the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to RennieDavis, an American peace activist and a loyal friend of Vietnam.
Born on March 23, 1940 in Michigan’s Langsing city, Renniewas one of the leaders of the anti-war movement in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1960s, he was one of the founders and leaders ofthe Students for a Democratic Society and a coordinator and director of the NationalMobilization Committee to End War in Vietnam.
He visited the north of Vietnam during the war. In particular,in 1969, as a representative of the peace and students’ movement of America, hearrived in Paris to meet Foreign Minister Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the negotiationdelegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam at the Paris Conference on Vietnam, to introduce an initiative from American studentson a Peace Treaty between Vietnam and the American people, which was then signedin late 1970 and announced in January 1971.
He made significant contributions to the friendship andsolidarity between the Vietnamese and American people. He passed away on February2, 2021, at the age of 80.
Addressing the ceremony, Bui Van Nghi, head of the AmericaDepartment of the VUFO and Secretary General of the Vietnam-US Society, highlightedthe imprint that Rennie has left in the minds of people in Vietnam and around the world.
Through the Vietnam-US Society, former Vice President Binh,who could not attend the commemorative ceremony for health reasons, conveyed her sympathies to Rennie’sfamily. She described him as an excellent leader and organiser of American peaceand anti-war movements and a great, loyal, and close friend of the Vietnamese people.
“The sentiments and heritage left by Rennie Davis will be an eternal flame enlighteningthe trust in the friendly relationship and mutual understanding and respect forpeace, cooperation, and development between the people of Vietnam and the US inthe present and future,” Binh wrote in a letter sent to the ceremony./.
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VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga posthumously presents the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to late American peace activist Rennie Davis (Photo: VNA) 
