The mission of the Australia Vietnam Friendship Society is to:
- To develop understanding between the Vietnamese and Australian people through the improved understanding of mutual culture, education, religion, health, care for the disadvantaged, reconciliation, human rights, security and public policy;
- To establish cultural, educational, religious and other charitable people to people contacts between people of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Australia;
- To promote Australian and Vietnamese industry and commerce for the benefit of the community as a whole;
- To seek development aid for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from Australia and other appropriate sources;
Up until recently, the main focuses were supporting the Children’s Fund in Vietnam where a lack of educational opportunity and especially malnutrition still exist and the effects of Agent Orange still linger. Our current focus is about medical exchange programs for family doctors in Viet Nam.
