Author: AVFS

Kim Sampson, President of the Australia Vietnam Friendship Society (AVFS), recently joined 3CR’s Wednesday Breakfast Show for a two-part interview. The discussion explored the origins and purpose of AVFS, as well as broader topics including Vietnam’s politics, economy, and the future of AVFS. 3CR Community Radio has been a platform for grassroots voices since 1976, […]

25 October to 5 November 2024

Đồng chí Phạm Tất Thắng cùng đoàn công tác chụp ảnh lưu niệm với ông Kim Sampson, Chủ tịch Hội Hữu nghị Australia-Việt Nam và Đại sứ Việt Nam tại Australia Phạm Hùng Tâm. (Ảnh: TTXVN phát) Vietnam+, Thanh Tú 25/09/2024 Đại sứ Phạm Hùng Tâm (phải) thay mặt đảng uỷ tại Australia trao tiền […]

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam (R) and visiting President of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Society (AVFS) Kim Sampson at their meeting in Canberra on July 31. (Photo: VNA) Vietnam+ Sydney (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam hosted a meeting with visiting President of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Society (AVFS) Kim Sampson in Canberra […]

Media ReleaseYoung people should get on board to make a difference in the world! Australia Vietnam Friendship Society launches in Melbourne Melbourne, 12th August 2014 The Australia Vietnam Friendship Society (AVFS) announces its arrival in Melbourne with anofficial launch on 21st August, featuring the amazing Entrepreneur, Speaker, and MagicianVinh Giang . The Australia Vietnam Society […]

Mr Luong Thanh Nghi, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia, made a special visit to the offices of the AVFS in Melbourne, where he met with Kim Sampson (AVFS President), to discuss current and planned activities on the AVFS. The Ambassador expressed his gratitude for our commitment to Vietnam, and for our support of charities, such […]

On May 28 of this year, the AVFS President, Mr Kim Sampson, wrote to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (The Honorable Julie Bishop) to request that the Australian Government take action in restoring peace to the region after China’s decision to install a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone. He went on to […]

On 19th May 2014, AVFS President Mr Kim Sampson, was in Hanoi to sign an historical Memorandum of Understanding between the Australia Vietnam Friendship Society, and the Vietnam Australia Friendship Association. The document was produced in English and Vietnamese, and are reproduced below. A copy of the MoU, in both English and Vietnamese, can be […]

A report from Ron and Bev Hall, 12th January 2014 The Thien Phuc Charity Centre is located about 60 kilometres north of Hanoi in Bac Giang province. The charity centre serves as an orphanage for about 140 children but it also serves a small community as a training centre and shelter for women and children. […]