Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is one of the Netherlands’ most important partners inthe region, visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President NguyenPhu Trong.
During a meeting with the Vietnamese Party and State leader in Hanoi on April 9in the framework of his official visit to Vietnam, the Dutch PM saidthat he is impressed by Vietnam’s current development.
He expressed his joy at the fruitful development of bilateral relations betweenthe Netherlands and Vietnam in recent times, especially in trade-investment andstrategic cooperation fields, such as climate change adaptation, watermanagement, sustainable agriculture, and food security.
The guest affirmed the attraction of the Vietnamese market in particular andASEAN market in general for Dutch businesses and partners, adding that hebelieves the two nations will cooperate with greater strength in the future.
Forhis part, Party General Secretaryand President Nguyen Phu Trong applauded the second visit of PM Rutte toVietnam in the context of effective and dynamic cooperation between the twocountries.
He appreciated the Netherlands’ continued role as the biggest European investorin Vietnam, the second largest European trading partner, as well as being one ofthe major export markets of the southeast Asian country.
He applauded the building of a comprehensive partnership between the two sides toincrease cooperation and meet the development requirements of the twocountries, especially in areas with great potential, such as renewable energy,high-quality agriculture, the food industry, seaport and logistics services,and smart urban development.
He highly valued the close coordination between the two countries at multilateralforums, including the United Nations, ASEAN, and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM),suggesting the Dutch side actively encourage the European Union (EU) tocomplete the legal review and procedures towards signing the EU-Vietnam FreeTrade Agreement and the Investment Protection Agreement between Vietnam and EU.–VNA
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