Southern NGOs get informed and prepared for regional people’s forum

An information sharing meeting on ASEAN and Vietnamese NGOs’ participation in the ASEAN People’s Forum (APF) was held on 20 April in Ho Chi Minh City, organized by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), member of the Vietnamese National Coordinating Committee for APF-2016.

Present were representatives of Vietnamese people’s organizations, NGOs, community-based organizations (CBOs) and social networks from Vietnam’s Southern provinces and cities working in such fields as women’s rights, children’s rights, climate change, natural resources, the environment, immigrants, and water resources.

The session provided participants with general information about the ASEAN Community, and the role of Vietnamese people’s organizations in building a people-oriented community of solidarity, cooperation and development.

The event is part of  Vietnamese NGOs’ preparation for the APF-2016, scheduled for 2-5 August 2016 in Dili, Timor Leste. A  similar meeting reserved for organizations from Northern provinces and cities was held by VUFO on 28 March in Hanoi.

Source: VPDF