Asia-Pacific’s biggest stamp conference takes place in Hanoi
The Vietnam Philatelic Association under the Vietnam Post Corporation hosted a conference of the executive committee of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) in Hanoi from March 10 to 12.
This is the second time Vietnam hosted such an event.
On this occasion, the FIAP Executive Board will organise training programmes to improve the level and skills of forming and upgrading stamp collections to make them qualified to take part in international stamp exhibitions.
Leading stamp collectors in the region will provide Vietnamese collectors with new knowledge on stamp display and collection.
According to Chu Thi Lan Huong, President of the Vietnam Philatelic Association, and Deputy General Director of Vietnam Post Corporation, 28 years ago, the association first hosted the FIAP Executive Committee Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City.
She said that with FIAP’s support, Vietnam’s stamp collecting activities have been growing strongly. Now, there are 33 stamp collection associations across the country with thousands of members including children and students.
FIAP is a non-profit and non-political federation of philatelic societies in Asia and Australasia, founded in Singapore on September 14, 1974. Currently, the federation has 31 members which are stamp associations of the Asian region, Australia, and South Africa. Vietnam has been an official member of FIAP since 1993.