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Prime Minister hosts welcome ceremony for Dutch counterpart
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted an official welcome ceremony for his visiting Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in Ha Noi on November 2.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) and his visiting Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte inspect the guards of honor, Ha Noi, November 2, 2023 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
This visit, which is taking place when Viet Nam and the Netherlands are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations (1973-2023), is the third by the Dutch Prime Minister to Viet Nam since he took office in 2010, following Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to the Netherlands nine months ago - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Over the past 50 years, the Viet Nam-Netherlands relationship has developed strongly across all fields, especially investment, trade, sustainable agriculture and climate change response. Photo: VGP
The two sides established their Strategic Partnership on Climate Change and Water Management in 2010, Strategic Partnership on Agriculture and Food Security in 2014 and Comprehensive Partnership in 2019. Photo: VGP
Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s visit aims to seek specific measures to realise the outcomes of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's Netherlands visit earlier this year, while promoting bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, finance, science and technology, management science, human resources training, tourism, agriculture, logistics, green transition, and digital transformation. Photo: VGP