The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Can Tho City’s People’s
Committee on Dec. 30 signed a memorandum of understanding in the city to
promote and provide energy-efficient and environmentally friendly
solutions to bring water to rural areas in the Mekong Delta.
Under the MOU, Denmark will provide a grant of 4 million DKK
(715,960 USD) to develop the Project of Renewable Energy Supply for the
Mekong Delta from 2012 to 2014.
The project aims to
enhance knowledge and use of solar and wind-powered water supply systems
for the benefit of the environment and the economy of the region.
Vietnam ’s demand for access to higher technology in this area can be
fulfilled by Danish competencies, according to John Nielsen, Danish
Ambassador to Vietnam
Visiting Danish Crown Prince
Frederik on Nov. 30 inaugurated a representative office of the Danish
based Novo Nordish A/S, which provides healthcare service for diabetic
patients, in HCM City .
The Novo Nordish representative office has received a license from the city’s Department of Industry and Trade.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said the opening of the
representative office emphasised the commitment of Novo Nordish in
offering a professional healthcare service for diabetes in Vietnam .
“The global prevalence of diabetes will more than double in the coming
two decades to 500 million people. We will see the same trend in
Vietnam where today an estimated 1.6 million people have diabetes,”
said Jesper Hoiland, senior vice president, international operations, of
Novo Nordish A/S.
Novo Nordish, a global healthcare
company, employs about 31,400 employees in 74 countries and markets its
products in 179 countries./.