The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc sent greetings to his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel.
On the special occasion, Deputy PM andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh also did the same to Deputy PM and ForeignMinister of Belgium Didier Reynders.
Since Vietnam and Belgium set up diplomaticties in 1973, bilateral partnership has continued to grow. The two countrieshave held high-level meetings and visits regularly, while also supporting eachother at international forums.
Economic and trade cooperation has played akey role in bilateral ties. Two-way trade hit 2.8 billion EUR (3.1 billion USD)in 2018 while Belgian investors have poured more than 900 million USD inVietnam.
Many Belgian firms have contributed toVietnam’s sustainable development via building green industrial zones.-VNA