At the meeting (Source: VNA)The Vietnamese Government leader made the statement at a meeting with President of the Senate Ankie Broekers-Knoland Speaker of the House of Representatives Khadija Arib of the Netherlands inThe Hague on July 11.
He spoke highly of experience and strength of the Netherlands in the above-mentionedfields and hoped the Dutch legislative bodies continue supporting and promotingthe implementation of cooperative programmes between the two nations in theframework of the strategic partnership agreements on climate change adaptationand water management; and on sustainable agriculture and food security.
The PM informed that Vietnam is giving priority to reforming and perfecting itseconomic institution, renovating growth model, promoting scientific andtechnological applications, and improving both human resources andcompetitiveness of the national economy.
He asked the Dutch law-making bodies to work to strengthen and support trade andinvestment links between the two countries, push for the early signing andapproval of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, and consider establishing theNetherlands-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Group towards expandinglegislative cooperation.
The Dutch parliamentarians described PM Phuc’s visit to their country as animportant milestone in the cooperative ties between the two nations, andhighlighted comprehensive results in the Vietnam-Netherlands multi-faceted relationsin recent time.
Khadija Arib stressedthe great potential to further boost the bilateral ties, saying that the twonations need to create more favourable conditions for their enterprises topromote links, thus fully tapping strengths of the two economies.
She affirmed that the Netherlands is willing to share experience and foster cooperationwith Vietnam in the fields of its strengths such as water management, sea level rise and climate change adaptation, dykeconstruction, ship building, logistics and seaport services.
The two sides agreed to enhance exchange of visits, especially between parliamentcommittees, to foster experience sharing in law making and supervision.
They expressed their belief that the cooperation between the Vietnamese NA andthe Dutch legislative bodies will be stronger in the future, contributing to steppingup the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between the two nations.
Later the same day, PM Phuc left Amsterdam for Vietnam, wrapping up hisfour-day official visit to the Netherlands from July 8.-VNA
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