Appointment decision presented to Vietnam’s Honorary Consul General in Ukraine’s Odessa
Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Hong Thach on May 27 presented the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ decision to appoint Nguyen Van Khanh as the Honorary Consul General of Vietnam to Odessa province.
Nguyen Van Khanh (L) receives the appointment decision. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Hong Thach on May27 presented the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ decision to appoint Nguyen VanKhanh as the Honorary Consul General of Vietnam to Odessa province.
At the ceremony, Ambassador Thach congratulated Khanh, and expressed his hopethat with his devotion, capacity and prestige, Khanh will make contribution toconsolidating and enhancing the traditional Ukraine – Vietnam friendship, aswell as support the development of the Vietnamese people community in Odessa.
For his part, Khanh described the appointment as a great honour for him, andcommitted to doing his utmost to nurture the fruitful relations between the twocountries and build a stable Vietnamese people community, bringing practicalbenefits to both nations.
Khanh, the former President of the Vietnamese people association in Odessa, wassent to the Ukraine province for further study in 1979, and has lived in theport city of Odessa since then.
In 2003, the Vietnamese community in Odessawas recognised as a minority ethnic group in Odessa, and Khanh contributedgreatly to the result.
Governor of Odessa province awarded an honourablemedal to Khanh for his devotion and contribution to the development of Odessacity and Ukraine as a whole in 2011. Four years later, he was named among thetop ten doctors in the south of Ukraine. In 2017, Dumskaya, the largestnewspaper in Odessa, selected Khanh as one of the five most influentialforeigners in the city./.
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Nguyen Van Khanh (L) receives the appointment decision. (Photo: VNA) 
