Vietnam hosts Asia-Pacific’s stamp conference
(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Philatelic Association under the Vietnam Post Corporation is hosting a conference with the executive committee of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) in Hanoi until Sunday. This is Vietnam’s second time hosting the event.
 Delegates attend FIAP executive committee meeting in Hanoi on March 10. (Photo: VNA) |
The FIAP Executive Committee Conference 2023 focused discussions the stamp collection movement in the Asia-Pacific region after the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will look at a plan to help Vietnam Stamp Association become an official member of the annual exhibition program of five ASEAN countries.
The FIAP will organize training programs to improve the skills of forming and upgrading stamp collections to qualify them for international stamp exhibitions. Leading stamp collectors in the region will provide Vietnamese collectors with new knowledge on stamp display and collection.
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.