COLOMBO :The Vietnamese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Ho Thi Thanh truc, who’s tenure of three years and three pmonths comes to an end this week and is preparing to retire upon her return to her country says her first and the only tenure overseas as Ambassador was in Sri Lanka and she takes back with her rich memories of the wonderful time she had in this country.
“I am grateful for the warm welcome I received and Sri Lanka has become my second home. I experienced with you the difficult period of the Covid pandemic and then the economic crisis. I am glad that Sri Lanka is bouncing back fast now”, she added.
Quoting a famous Vietnamese poet she said ‘when you are here, it is just a place, but when you are going to leave, it has become part of your soul’, so Sri Lanka has become a part of my soul” she declared, displaying her affection to Sri Lanka. “In keeping with Sri Lanka’s Tourism slogan, I will “come back for more”, she promised.
Vietnamese Ambassador shared these sentiments when she met with a Media delegation from the Colombo Times.net – a News Website headed by its Editor in Chief, Mohammed Rasooldeen on Monday, June 10, who presented the Ambassador a memorabilia.
Associated with Rasooldeen were Ruzaik Farook and Consultant Editor Colombo Times, Charnika Imbulana.
The Vietnamese Ambassador thanked Colombo Times.net and said she appreciated the immense unstinted support given to her during her entire tenure.
Speaking of her travels within Sri Lanka, with much enthusiasm she said that she has visited all nine provinces in Sri Lanka and relished visiting the historical sites in particular, so much so that she has visited Sigiriya five times and counts herself lucky to have climbed Adams Peak three times.
The Vietnamese Ambassador said, when speaking of Sri Lanka what comes to her mind are-; the luscious scenery, nature, smiling faces of the people, the hospitality, kindness and the support she received to make her stay memorable.
She said she never tires of seeing the sites steeped with historical values and hope to come back to Sri Lanka soon with more travels planned with friends and family to also Horton Plains, a place she finds to be unique. She also emphasized that she hopes to brief her successor of her experiences in Sri Lanka and the unfinished projects will continue, “which I am sure will help her enjoy working in this country as much as I did” she concluded. Pix by Moham,ed Saleem
