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Presenting the insignia to the diplomat, VUFO President Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga said Jansen has made important contribution to further promoting the two countries' relations at the federal, regional and community levels, especially in strengthening the ties between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Belgian Parliament. He has actively supported Vietnam in the process of negotiating and signing the E.U. - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the E.U. - Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), she added. The ambassador has also cooperated closely with the Vietnam - Belgium Friendship Association and VUFO, as well as actively participated in the organization of related friendship, cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, Nga said. She affirmed that over the past five decades, the Vietnam-Belgium relationship has developed robustly in many fields, and the two countries have strengthened close cooperation within the framework of multilateral forums such as … [Read more...] about VUFO presents insignia to outgoing Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam

The insignia is VUFO’s noblest award in acknowledgement and honor of the great contribution of Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman during her term of office in Vietnam. Speaking at the event, VUFO’s President Nguyen Phuong Nga affirmed that as Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam, Mrs. Elsbeth Akkerman has made important contribution to strengthening understanding and friendship between people of the two countries and the bilateral relationship. In 2021, amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the diplomat called on the Dutch Government and businesses to donate a large number of ventilators and other medical supplies, worth VND 43 billion, to Vietnam. The ambassador actively mobilized her country to increase aid packages in the fields of garments and textiles and water treatment to Vietnam. VUFO’s President added that Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman played an important role in accelerating the upgrading of the bilateral relations to a comprehensive partnership, the signing of a … [Read more...] about VUFO presents insignia to Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam

Co-chairs the event were Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Head of PCC’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung, Chairman of the N.A.’s Committee for Foreign Affairs Vu Hai Ha, and VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga. At the meeting, delegates evaluated that the external affairs have been carried out synchronously and effectively in all diplomacy pillars from the central to the grassroots levels and reaped important outcomes, actively contributing to the socio-economic development achievements of the nation. They also confirmed that the closer and effective cooperation among the four aforementioned agencies, especially in doing research, giving advice, and implementing diplomacy activities has helped promote the diplomacy pillars’ strength and synergy of the Vietnamese diplomacy sector. Apart from discussing measures to enhance the agencies’ coordination to perform diplomacy tasks assigned by the Party and the State, the participants also defined orientations and major … [Read more...] about Coordination in implementing external affairs to be promoted

Addressing the ceremony, VUFO’s President Nguyen Phuong Nga noted that with his experience and enthusiasm, Ambassador Ory Csaba has made important contribution to the development of the relations between Vietnam and Hungary across various fields during his working term starting in 2015. During his term of office, two-way trade between Vietnam and Hungary has witnessed a considerable rise over the past few years, with the turnover reaching USD 1.3 billion in 2020 (or 4.7 times higher than 2017) and USD 1.1 billion in 2021 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, projects using ODA from Hungary has brought socio-economic benefits to the Vietnamese people. The diplomat also proposed increasing Hungarian scholarships for Vietnamese students from 100 to 200/year and promoting relations between localities of the two countries. More especially, in 2021, Ambassador Ory Csaba greatly contributed to Hungary’s decision to deliver 256,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and … [Read more...] about Ambassador of Hungary to Vietnam receives insignia