Colombo Times chief editor Mohammed Rasooldeen presenting a memento to the Vietnamese Ambassador. Picture by: Ruzaik Farook
The outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Ho Thi Thanh Truc, who left our shores on Wednesday, on completion of her tour of duty in Colombo said that Sri Lanka is a land of ‘Smiling people’.
Speaking to Daily News on the eve of her departure, the envoy mentioned that Sri Lanka and her people will remain in her heart forever, because of the friendship shown towards her and her country. “I am grateful for the warm welcome I received and Sri Lanka has become my second home. I have 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 Colombo Times Editor in Chief, Mohammed Rasooldeen on Monday, June 10, who presented the Ambassador with a memorabilia.
Speaking of her travels within Sri Lanka, with much enthusiasm she said that she had 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.
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