Diplomatic ties

President Quang praised the ambassador’s positive contributions to the bilateral friendship and multifaceted cooperation and urged her to contribute further to the relationship in the future. The President said the bilateral relations are growing fruitfully in all field and highlighted the signing of agreements to form a strategic partnership in climate change response and water resource management in 2010, and in agriculture and food security in 2014 as an effective cooperation model, thus promoting the Netherlands’ images and contributing to Vietnam’s sustainable development. The political trust between Vietnam and the Netherlands has been strengthened, while the two nations have become an important economic, trade and investment partner of each other, and seen progress in educational and cultural cooperation, he said. President Quang said, built up on the achievements, Vietnam and the Netherlands still hold great potential to expand collaboration so as to push … [Read more...] about Ambassador: Vietnam – trustworthy partner of Netherlands

Broekers-Knol said her nation desires to cooperate with Vietnam in a multitude of fields, particularly in response to climate change and sea level rise, noting that her country had built a perfect breakwater system when sea level rise left critical impacts on the Netherlands 70 years ago. … [Read more...] about NA Chairwoman holds talks with President of the Senate of the Netherlands

Luu expressed his gratitude when receiving Renate Künast, Chairwoman of the Bundestag (federal parliament)’s Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the ASEAN States, in Hanoi on February 20. He said that the early enforcement of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) would become a driving force to intensify economic, trade and investment relations between Vietnam and the EU in general and Germany in particular. Highlighting the two countries’ recent approval of a plan of action for 2020-2021, Luu affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to its strategic partnership with Germany, its leading trade partner in the EU. The NA Vice Chairman also expected that numerous activities would be held this year to celebrate the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties. Künast spoke highly of Vietnam’s efforts to deal with the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel … [Read more...] about NA Vice Chairman welcomes German parliamentarians

Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Hung made the statement while holding a reception for Charge d’Affaires at the British Embassy Steph Lysaght on June 21 to discuss the festival. The British diplomat hoped that the festival will be held at the pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake with various activities like an exhibition area for businesses, a fashion show and art performances.  Notably, the London symphony orchestra will perform at the event. Vietnam and the UK have enjoyed fruitful ties in the past 45 years, especially in the fields of trade, investment and tourism. The UK is the second biggest European investor in Vietnam, after the Netherlands, with 267 foreign direct investment projects worth 3.75 billion USD and the third largest trade partner of Vietnam in Europe, after Germany and the Netherlands. Two-way trade grew rapidly to reach 5.7 billion USD in 2017. As of April 2018, both sides enjoyed more than 2 billion USD in … [Read more...] about Hanoi supports organisation of British festival

Fourthly, although the views among EP parliamentarians are different, the support for the EU's first high-quality FTA with a developing country shows the EU's determination to continue promoting trade liberalisation, trading and investment based on laws. The EP's decision will create more confidence and strengthen the trend of international economic integration and free and open trade. This is important in the context of increasing protectionism that threatens the growth of the world economy, many regions and countries. … [Read more...] about EVFTA and EVIPA hold strategic and economic significance to Việt Nam-EU relation