Prime Minister starts official visit to Netherlands
VGP – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh just arrived at the Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam, starting his official visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
During the visit, Pham is expected to meet with leaders of the Netherlands' executive and legislative branches, attend the Viet Nam-Netherlands Business Forum, and witness the signing of cooperation deals between the two countries.
The visit aims to further consolidate and deepen the Viet Nam-Netherlands comprehensive partnership, particularly in such fields of the Netherlands' strength and Viet Nam's demand, as circular economy, renewable energy, and climate change.
The Viet Nam-Netherlands relationship is advacing robustly across fields, especially investment, trade, agriculture, and climate change.
The Netherlands is Viet Nam's second biggest trade partner in Europe, with the two-way trade estimated to increase by nearly 10 percent to US$8.37 billion in 2021, and US$8.2 billion in January-September period this year, up 36 percent from 2021.
The European country currently has 380 active projects in Viet Nam with total registered capital of US$13.5 billion.
Within the strategic partnership framework on climate change and sustainable agriculture, both countries have teamed up in implementing a number of medium and long-term projects and programs.
The Netherlands have shared one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment worth VND43 billion to help the Southeast Asian nation contain the COVID-19 pandemic./.