A delegation from t he Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh CommunistYouth Union (HCMCYU) led by Secretary Le Quoc Phong held a workingsession with representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy and theVietnamese Students’ Association in Belgium (SIVIBI) on October 4.
Themeeting was part of the delegation’s ongoing visit to Europe, includingGermany, Hungary, the UK, Belgium and France, to learn about the workof Vietnam Students’ Associations in the respective countries.
During the working session, representatives from the HCMCYU gavedirections on community activities and exchange programmes for overseasVietnamese students.
Phong, who is also the Chairman of theVietnam Students’ Association (VSA), praised the SIVIBI for its recentefforts, affirming that Vietnamese students act as an important bridgebetween the Vietnamese community abroad and at home.
He expressed his hope that the SIVIBI would continue to contribute to development in the host country and Vietnam.
Onbehalf of Vietnamese students, SIVIBI Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Dung saidthat since its establishment in 2011, the SIVIBI had organised sports,cultural and charitable events, attracting a large number of Vietnamesestudents. SIVIBI members taught the Vietnamese language to overseasVietnamese children and carried out charitable activities to raise fundfor needy people in Vietnam.
Many students at the working sessionsaid it was essential to enhance links among Vietnamese students insideand outside the country, adding that the VSA needed to provide moreinformation for self-funded Vietnamese students in Belgium to stay incontact with Vietnamese youth organisations and associations.
Around300 Vietnamese students study in the Belgian cities of Brussels,Leuven, Liege, Antwerp, Namur and Ghent. Most of them are enrolled intraining courses under the bilateral scholarship programme supported bythe Belgian Government.
On the occasion, the VSA CentralCommittee awarded certificates of merit to four outstanding groups and12 individuals of the SIVIBI in recognition of their contributions tothe association.-VNA
Themeeting was part of the delegation’s ongoing visit to Europe, includingGermany, Hungary, the UK, Belgium and France, to learn about the workof Vietnam Students’ Associations in the respective countries.
During the working session, representatives from the HCMCYU gavedirections on community activities and exchange programmes for overseasVietnamese students.
Phong, who is also the Chairman of theVietnam Students’ Association (VSA), praised the SIVIBI for its recentefforts, affirming that Vietnamese students act as an important bridgebetween the Vietnamese community abroad and at home.
He expressed his hope that the SIVIBI would continue to contribute to development in the host country and Vietnam.
Onbehalf of Vietnamese students, SIVIBI Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Dung saidthat since its establishment in 2011, the SIVIBI had organised sports,cultural and charitable events, attracting a large number of Vietnamesestudents. SIVIBI members taught the Vietnamese language to overseasVietnamese children and carried out charitable activities to raise fundfor needy people in Vietnam.
Many students at the working sessionsaid it was essential to enhance links among Vietnamese students insideand outside the country, adding that the VSA needed to provide moreinformation for self-funded Vietnamese students in Belgium to stay incontact with Vietnamese youth organisations and associations.
Around300 Vietnamese students study in the Belgian cities of Brussels,Leuven, Liege, Antwerp, Namur and Ghent. Most of them are enrolled intraining courses under the bilateral scholarship programme supported bythe Belgian Government.
On the occasion, the VSA CentralCommittee awarded certificates of merit to four outstanding groups and12 individuals of the SIVIBI in recognition of their contributions tothe association.-VNA
