The 63rd Congress of the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA) entitled "Peace, Cooperation and Development" opened in Hanoi on July 28 with the participation of 200 delegates from 35 countries in the world.

Present at the congress were Vu Xuan Hong, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, Renato Corsetti, Chairman of the Universal Esperanto Association, and Nguyen Van Loi, President of the Vietnam Esperanto Association.