The meeting between the VUFO and American peace and anti-war activists in Hanoi on April 21, 2015. (Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations)

The 16-member US delegation was led by John McAuliff, Executive Director of the US Fund for Reconciliation and Development (FRD), who is visiting Vietnam from April 19 to May 1.
Vice Chairman of the Vietnam-US Friendship Association Bui The Giang welcomed the visit and said he hopes Americans will continue to support Vietnam in dealing with the aftermath of the war and undertaking humanitarian activities to support the victims.
McAuliff said his visit aims to learn about contemporary Vietnam and its response to the war. His delegation will meet with Vietnamese agencies and organizations to discuss co-operation. At the gathering, participants looked back on Vietnam’s past struggles and the US activists’ assistance. The anti-war movement in the US in the 1960s and 1970s played a vital role in getting the US administration to sign the Paris Accord on January 27, 1973, a prerequisite for the South’s complete liberation and national reunification on April 30, 1975.