Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President and GeneralSecretary of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Don TuanPhong hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 7 for President of the Argentina– Vietnam Culture Institute (ICAV) Poldi Sosa Schmidt.

Phong hailed the guest’s efforts in introducing Vietnam’shistory, culture and people to Argentine people over the past years, and suggestedthat both sides should promote exchange and raise mutual understanding betweenthe two peoples.

The ICAV president, for her part, wished that friendly tiesbetween ICAV and VUFO would be further tightened, contributing topeople-to-people diplomacy between the two peoples.

She informed her host that the ICAV delegation held aworking session with the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for ExternalRelations to learn about the function, task and apparatus of the legislatureand visited craft villages.

Since its establishment in 1997, the ICAV and Poldi SosaSchmidt herself have actively contributed to bilateral ties via holding photoand painting exhibitions, publishing a bulletin on Vietnam, organising celebrationsof the birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh and National Day of Vietnam,as well as coordinating with the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina to hold talksabout Vietnam.

Apart from introducing Argentine culture in Vietnam andVietnamese culture in Argentina, the ICAV also offers support to Vietnameseembassy staff and Vietnam News Agency reporters working in the South Americancountry.-VNA