NA Chairman receives Iran-Vietnam Friendship Association President
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception for President of the Iran-Vietnam Friendship Association (IVFA) Seyed Kamal Sajjadi in Tehran on August 8 (local time) as part of his official visit to Iran.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) receives President of the Iran-Vietnam Friendship Association Seyed Kamal Sajjadi in Tehran on August 8. (Photo: VNA)
Tehran (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted areception for President of the Iran-Vietnam Friendship Association (IVFA) SeyedKamal Sajjadi in Tehran on August 8 (local time) as part of his official visitto Iran.
The top Vietnamese legislator highly appreciated contributions to consolidatingand strengthening friendship between the two countries’ people by Seyed KamalSajjadi, who is also co-founder of the friendship association and former IranianAmbassador to Vietnam.
Hue highlighted the two countries’ friendship and multifaceted cooperation overthe past 50 years, saying the ongoing visit to Iran by the delegation of theVietnamese National Assembly aims to contribute to strengthening cooperationbetween Vietnam and Iran across the Party, National Assembly, Government andlocal channels, especially increasing the people-to-people exchange.
IVFA President Seyed Kamal Sajjadi briefed Chairman Hue about hisassociation’s operations, such as writing, printing and publishing a book onthe land and people of Vietnam in Tehran, making a film featuring Vietnam’sland and people, with an aim of encouraging many Iranian people to travel theSoutheast Asian nation, and the coordination between the two countries’ friendshipassociations in sharing their operation experience.
The IVFA President hoped two countries continue increasing economic-commercial andcultural cooperation.
Chairman Hue hailed the IVFA for the association’soverall outcomes, saying that in addition to organising people-to-peopleexchanges, the association gives advice to both sides’ enterprises, togetherwith the Iranian government, to grant scholarships to Vietnamese students tostudy in Iran, and send Iranian students to Hanoi.
He hoped that the association continues to increase people-to-people exchanges,contributing to the two countries’ relations.
Highly valuing the initiative to make a film featuring the land andpeople of Vietnam, Hue said the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran will serve as a bridgeconnecting relevant Vietnamese agencies to support production of the film./.
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Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue had talks with Speaker of the Iranian Islamic Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf in Tehran on August 8, affirming that Vietnam always treasures the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Iran, one of its important partners in the Middle East.
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced the outcomes of their talks to the press in Tehran on August 8 (local time).
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NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) receives President of the Iran-Vietnam Friendship Association Seyed Kamal Sajjadi in Tehran on August 8. (Photo: VNA) 
