Vice President of the association Nguyen Duc Thanh delivered a report reviewing the association’s activities since the fifth congress (November 2, 2003).

At the congress, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Trinh Duc Du read a letter of greetings from Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who is also Chairman of the National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.
The association appointed a new executive board of nine members who promised to do their best to fulfil its tasks in a spirit of solidarity, mutual affection, preservation of traditional culture, integration and operation within the laws of the UK.

The board also held a ceremony to raise funds for victims hit by typhoon Chanchu recently and President of the association Nguyen Huy Ich handed over a sum of GBP 1,020 to Ambassador Trinh Duc Du to contribute the Fund for Support of Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims.