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Get-together marks UK Queen’s birthday

(VNA - 10/6/2011) - The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Viet Nam-UK Friendship Association held a get-together in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10 to celebrate the 85 th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

 

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (Source: Getty)
 

On the occasion, Chairman of the Viet Nam – UK Friendship Association Huynh Ngoc An sent his congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

During the event, An and British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Tim Brownbill reviewed the friendship relations between Viet Nam and the UK in most fields in the recent years, expressing their pleasure over the relations.

The bilateral cooperation between the two countries is expected to be further promoted in the future, especially in the fields of trade and education, aiming at driving the two-way trade turnover between Viet Nam and the UK up to 4 billion USD and the UK ’s investment in Viet Nam to 3 billion USD.

The UK pledged to support Viet Nam in developing the Viet Nam – Britain International University in the central city of Da Nang and establishing a branch of the university in Ho Chi Minh City , helping Viet Nam reform the country’s education. The two sides have also committed to sending more students to study in each other’s country./.

 
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